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clined upward, therefore, if it is trimmed in a round form, 

 it makes the most beautiful saucer-shaped specimen for the 

 lawn imaginable. It also makes one of the most delicate, 

 beautiful little hedges.-' 



Savin Juniper. 



Savin Juniper. (Juniperus Sabina, Linn.). The Savin 

 juniper is a native of northern Europe, Asia and North 

 America. It is a dwarf spreading shrub forming a mat of 

 dark green foliage three or four feet in height; rarely taller, 

 up to ten feet, with erect stem. The shrub spreads with age, 

 sometimes becoming twenty feet in diameter. An interest- 

 ing shrub for single specimens on the lawn; for dwarf hedges 

 or for concealing the lower part of a stone wall or founda- 

 tion. It is an exceedingly variable species with many 

 varieties and of varying degrees of hardiness. 



The ordinary Savin juniper of the nurseries, of unknown 

 origin, is doing well as a dwarf edging or hedge bordering a 

 lawn walk at Brookings. 



A. Norby, Madison, S. D., writes: "The Savin Juniper 

 is doing fairly well with me, but I see in Madison where 

 it has been planted for hedges that it dies out in spots." 



H. C. Warner, Forestburg, S. D., writes: u The Savin 

 Juniper, a low shrub, is hardy and doing well here." 



THE NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN FORM OF THE TRAIL- 

 ING JUNIPER, {funiperus Sabina, var. prostrata, Loud. ; or 

 J. Sabina, var. procumbens, Pursh.). Ranges from Nova 

 Scotia south to New York, west to British Columbia and 

 Wyoming. It is sometimes called Waukegan Juniper. 



The native Black Hills form merits especial attention from 

 Dakota planters where a dwarf conifer is needed. It is now 

 being taken up by South Dakota nurseries. The two fol- 

 lowing reports are of interest in this connection: 



CREEPING JUNIPER. {funiperus Sabina procumbens, 

 Pursh.) Prof. Thomas A. Williams wrote in May, 1895:* 



^Bulletin No. 43, S. D. Exp. Sta. 



