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They are so interesting, however, that they are worth the trouble 

 of occasionally replanting them to enjoy their beauty. 



The Junipers contain some species that are remarkably hardy 

 and they are splendidly adapted for planting in ornamental grounds. 

 The Virginia Juniper or Red Cedar {Jiiniperus Virginiana) is a 

 species of great hardihood and virility. It will occupy spontane- 

 ously the bleakest wind-swept situations and assume very picturesque 

 attitudes. The typical form is usually pyramidal and young 

 plants are always distinctly so, but when they attain maturity they 

 show much difference in individual characters. Amongst 1,000 

 seedlings we planted 12 years since there appears to be a remarkable 

 diversity of varietal . characteristics. It readily reproduces itself 

 from seed and in abandoned meadows and woodlands where young 

 plants are appearing they should be zealously guarded. 



There are a number of most interesting garden forms of the Red 

 Cedar in cultivation. One of the most beautiful is a bluish or 

 highly glaucous form, J. Virginiana variety glaiica, with a loose 

 spreading habit which is highly meritorius for garden decoration. 



The Savin Juniper {Juniperus Sabina) is a low-growing, ascend- 

 ing or spreading, shrubby species of great hardihood, and exceed- 

 ingly valuable and ornamental in landscape work. There are 

 several distinct and interesting varieties, and all are exceptionally 

 valuable in ornamental planting. The Tamarisk-leaved Juniper 

 {J. Sabina variety tamariscifolia) with dense-procumbent branches 

 and yellowish green foliage is a most attractive form and well 

 adapted for planting on slopes. What is known as the Waukegan 

 Trailing Juniper {Juniperus Sabina variety procumbens) with 

 loose procumbent branches and the leaves with a metallic bluish 

 tint is a most useful form for planting on rocky slopes. A form 

 which has been sold in nurseries under the name of Juniperus 

 Sabina variety alpina has branches loosely procumbent and ascend- 

 ing, and has the peculiarity of being difficult to transplant. 



We have had a pretty low prostrate Juniper in the Pinetum for a 

 number of years which forms a dense mat close to the ground 

 from 6 to 9 inches in height. We have almost come to the con- 

 clusion that this form agrees with the J . Sabina variety prostrata 

 of Loudon and with the J. prostrata of Michaux. It has never 

 fruited with us but, if it is a good species, it would appear to be 

 correct to recognize it under the name given by Michaux. 



