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branches and crowded branchlets, the leaves whitish above and distinctly 

 ridged below ; SI-UK A DIM; Ji XIPEH (014) nana is an almost prostrate 

 shrub with thickish much-divided 

 branchlets sometimes forming circu- 

 lar patches 10 feet in diameter, the 

 leaves short, incurved, almost cover- 

 ing the stems, often considen d a 

 separate species Juniperus nana; 

 Dun; LAS' GOLDEN JUNIPER (Olo) 

 eauadensis aurea is similar to var. 

 nana, but more erect and the leaves 

 longer and narrower, with tips of 

 branchlets golden yellow; OBLONG 

 JUNIPER obldnga is a large shrub or small 

 tree with slender somewhat pendul' <us branches 

 having longer and more spreading bright given 

 leaves; WEEPING COMMON JUNIPER pendula 

 is a lower bush with still more pendulous branch- 

 lets. 



VIRGINIAN JUNIPER or RED CEDAR Juniperus 

 virginiana is the tallest of the junipers, some- 

 times reaching the height of 100 feet, but it has 

 a number of dwarf varieties of which DWARF VIRGINIAN JUNIPER 

 duuiosa is about the lowest, growing into a rounded or pyramidal bush, 



it has many close-set ascending branches 

 with generally linear bright green leaves ; 

 WEEPING VIRGINIAN JUNIPER pe'ndula 

 -has weeping branchlets with many 

 bright green scale leaves ; CREEPING VIR- 

 (.1 MAN JUNIPER reptans is bright green 

 with horizontally spreading branches and 

 more erect branchlets. 



SAVIN JUNIPER (CIO) Juniperus Sa- 

 bina is, like the last, one of the native 

 American species, but instead of growing 

 tall is always a low shrub, rarely reaching 

 the height of 10 feet. Almost all of the 

 dwarf forms of Juniperus virginiana are 

 duplicated in this species. The one test 

 that will separate them is the very strong 

 and, to many, disagreeable odor of the 

 Among the named varieties are : PROCUM- 



FIG. (il.j. Douglas' 

 Golden Juniper. 



FIG. GKi. Golden Japan 

 Juniper. 



bruised leaves of Sabina. 



KI.M JUNIPER humilis a nearly prostrate shrub with numerous erect 



