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tive of our native Juniper throughout the districts in which it 

 is found. Unless in seaside situations, it is rarely of satis- 

 factory growth in this country. 



J. pachyphloea, Torrey. New Mexico and Arizona. 

 Owing to the intense glaucous hue of its foliage, this species 

 is one of the most distinct and interesting of hardy junipers. 

 The difference in colour between the old and young foliage is 

 likewise remarkable, that of the young shoots for at least half 

 the year being so intensely glaucous that it appears as if 

 coated with hoar-frost, while the older is of a soft bluish- 

 green. 



Generally the habit is irregularly upright, rarely formally 

 so, the branches comparatively short and erect, and the scale- 

 like leaves, broad and short, stiff and sharp to the touch, and 

 very closely arranged. The berries are produced in twos and 

 threes, and resemble greatly, both in shape and colour, those 

 of our common juniper, but they are twice as large, or fully 

 J an inch in diameter, and in the young stage suffused 

 with the same silvery-glaucous hue for which the foliage is so 

 remarkable. This juniper is quite hardy, but has, with several 

 other species, the unfortunate drawback, for ornamental pur- 

 poses at least, that the lower branches give way even in 

 specimens that are freely exposed to light and air. It is not 

 averse to rather stiff soil, and to exposed situations. 



J. phoenicea,, Linnaeus. {Synonyms : -/. bacciformisy 

 Carr ; /. tetragond). Mediterranean region, Azores, Madeira. 

 1683. A well-known, shrubby-habited species, with much 

 divided branches clothed with scale-like, bright green leaves, 

 but which are quite wanting in the silvery tint that overlies 

 the foliage of many members of this family. The fruit is 

 usually produced in plenty, is of a yellowish-brown colour, 

 and each of pea size. The finest specimens I have seen were 

 growing on mossy ground on the slate rock where partially 

 sheltered, and near the sea coast. 



J. recurva, Hamilton. Weeping Indian Juniper. Hima- 

 layas, Cashmir to Sikkim. About 1822. This is one of the 

 most distinct, beautiful, and valuable of the many species of 



