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the leaves are narrower, and not so close together, and 

 the berries are larger than those of the common Juniper : 

 it grows higher, too, than that does in a wild state. 



The Brown-berried Juniper, Juniperus Oxycedrus, 

 which the French call Le Cade; the Italians, Ginepra 

 rosso, Red Juniper ; is a native of Spain, Portugal, and 

 the south of France. It grows ten or twelve feet high, 

 and is branched all the way : the berries are of a red- 

 brown colour, of the size of a hazel-nut, and very hand- 

 some, when in plenty. This was cultivated in England 

 by Mr. Miller in 1739- 



The Phoenician Juniper, Juniperus Phoenicia, also 

 called the Phoenician Cedar, grows in the form of a 

 pyramid : the leaves on the upper branches are dark 

 green ; those of the lower have a greyish hue ; the 

 berries, when ripe, are of a pale yellow. This was in- 

 troduced into England in 1683. 



The Lycian Juniper, Juniperus Lycia, more com- 

 monly called the Lycian Cedar, is a native of the south 

 of France, the Levant, and Siberia : it is very similar to 

 the Savin, differing chiefly in the slenderness of the 

 shoots, and in the leaves being less pointed, and not so 

 clustered together. This was cultivated by Mr. Miller 

 in 1759. 



Some think the Cedar mentioned by Virgil, in the 

 second and third Georgics, was the Lycian Cedar, but it 

 remains uncertain : whichever it was, he speaks of it as 

 used for building, and as odorous : \ 



" dant utile lignum 



Navigiis pinos, domibus cedrumque cupressosque." 



Georgic ii. 



<e The pine affords wood useful for ships, the cedar and the 

 cypress, for houses." 



