TREES AND SHRUBS 



of false drupes (each a galbulus), baccate, globose, sub-sessile, very fleshy, 4-6 

 rudhnentary, scarious, emptj^ scales at base, blue-black, glaucous bloom, pun- 

 gent, ripe in second year, 3 angular, hard seeds, each with several resin 

 blisters. 



Leaves opposite or whorls of 3, subulate, rigid, concave, margins thickened, 

 sharply pointed, glaucous above, green below, \-\ in., fragrant when bruised. 



An evergreen shrub, much branched, 2-5 ft. ; or small tree, 10-25 ft. ; Hark 

 fibrous, red-brown, flaking ; IVood finely-veined, yellowish-brown, aromatic. 



Native of Britain. Name .Tuniper a corruption of Fr. gcnevrier ; L. 

 juni'perus, — -juvenis, young, and par ere, to bring forth, because it brings forth 

 younger berries while those of previous year are ripening. 



MONTEREY CYPRESS, Cupressus macrocarpa. 



Parks, gardens. February, March. Grows exceptionally well near sea ; 

 suitable for damp or marshy ground. The species are propagated by cuttings of 

 young branchlets 2 ins. long in sandy soil in cold frame or under handlight, 

 September or October ; seeds in pans of light soil in cold frame in April, trans- 

 planting into small pots in following spring, planting out a year afterwards. 



Flowers monoecious, minute, terminal, yellow, on separate branchlets ; Males 

 with 6-8 stamens, connectives bearing 4-5 anther cells ; Females oblong, scales 

 6-10, tliick, decussate, seminiferous scales bearing numerous ovules in several 

 rows ; Fruit a cone, \\-2 ins. long, 1 in. diam., light brown, clusters of 3-4, 

 bosses of scales prominent, scales 8-12, ovate; seeds about 20 under each scale, 

 angled, chestnut-brown. 



Leaves closely imbricated, very dark grass-gi-een, | in. long, on young plants 

 5^-2 in. long, ovate, thickened, rounded, glandular on back. 



An evergreen tree, 50-60 ft. ; Branches reddisli, close set, numerous, hori- 

 zontal, extremities ascending ; branchlets generally lateral, opposite, long ; 

 growth very rapid ; Barh- dark red-brown on young stems and branches, white 

 on old trunks ; Wood heavy, hard, strong, durable, close-grained, yellow, takes 



fine polish. 



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