26 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



usually on the same plant, rarely on separate plants, fer- 

 tile on short branchlets ; sterile, globular or oblong, anthers 

 opposite, filaments shield-shaped : fertile, oblong or globular ; 

 ovuliferous scales opposite, slightly spreading at top, dark 

 reddish-brown. 



Fruit. Cones, variously placed, ^ inch in diameter, round- 

 ish, purplish-brown, opening towards the center, never to the 

 base ; scales shield-shaped, woody ; seeds several under each 

 scale, winged. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy throughout New England, grow- 

 ing best in the southern sections. Young trees are graceful 

 and attractive, but soon become thin and lose their lower 

 branches ; valued chiefly in landscape planting for covering 

 low and boggy places where other trees do not succeed as 

 well. Seldom for sale in nurseries, but easily procured from 

 collectors. Several unimportant horticultural forms are grown. 



PLATE XII. CUPRESSUS THYOIDES. 



1. Branch with flowers. 



2. Sterile flower. 



3. Stamen, back view. 



4. Stamen, front view. 



5. Fertile flower. 



6. Ovuliferous scale with ovules. 



7. Fruiting branch. 



8. Fruit. 



9. Branch. 



Juniperus Virginiana, L. 



RED CEDAR. CEDAR. SAVIN. 



Habitat and Range. D^y? rocky hills but not at great alti- 

 tudes, borders of lakes and streams, sterile plains, peaty 

 swamps. 



ISTova Scotia and New Brunswick to Ontario. 



Maine, rare, though it extends northward to the middle 

 Kennebec valley, reduced almost to a shrub ; New Hampshire, 

 most frequent in the southeast part of the state ; sparingly 

 in the Connecticut valley as far north as Haverhill (Grafton 



