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the most beautiful of the junipers, often planted for ornament in the Gulf 

 States, and in the West Indies. 



Var. Bedfordiana, Rehd. {J. virginiana Bedfordiana, Knight. J. virginiana 

 var. gracilis, Sarg.). A juvenile form with light green aeicular foliage and 

 slender pendulous branchlets. 



18. J. virginiana, L. Red-Cedar. Plate III. Tree to 100 feet tall, with 

 conical head and spreading or upright branches: leaves aeicular, spiny-pointed, 

 spreading, or scale-like, rhombic, acute or subacute, imbricate, very small: 

 fruit brownish-violet, bloomy, globular or ovoid, 34-H inch across. Canada to 

 Florida, east of the Rocky Mountains. — Introduced before 1600 to England. 

 A very variable species of which many garden forms are in cultivation. 



Forms differing in color: Var. albo-spica, Beiss. Whitetip R. Tips of 

 branchlets white; here belongs "Triomphe d'Angers" with the variegation 

 more constant and more conspicuous. Var. variegata, Laws. (var. albo- 

 variegata, Beiss.). Branchlets variegated with white. Var. elegantissima, 

 Hochst. GoLDTiP R. Pyramidal tree with the tips of the branchlets golden- 

 yellow. Var. plumosa, Rehd. (var. plumosa alba, Beiss.). Feather R. A 

 pyramidal form with mostly aeicular foliage and white or whitish tips. Var. 

 glauca, Carr. Silver R. Plate XV. Vigorous form with very glaucous foliage. 



Pyramidal or columnar forms: Var. pjrramidalis, Carr. Dense columnar 

 form. Var. venusta, Rehd. (J. venusta, EUw. & Barry). A columnar form 

 with glossy dark green foliage. Var. Canaertii, Senecl. (var. Cannartii, 

 Beiss.), Canaert R. A compact pyramidal form with dark green foliage 

 and bluish bloomy fruits. Var. Schottii, Gord. Schott R. A comparatively 

 small columnar tree with bright green scale-like foliage. Var. Keteleeri, 

 Hort. Compact pyramidal form with ascending branches and dark green 

 scale-like foliage. Var. p3rramidifonnis, D. Hill. A pyramidal form with 

 bright green foliage in summer, coloring soft purple in autumn and winter. 

 Var. filifera, D. Hill. Broad-pyramidal form with slender, much divided 

 branchlets and blue-gray foliage. 



Dwarf compact forms: Var. globosa, Beiss. Globe R. A compact- 

 globose form with bright green scale-like foliage. 



Spreading or pendulous forms : Var. Chamberlaynii, Carr. Ch.\mberl,\yn 

 R. With spreading branches and elongated pendulous branchlets: leaves 

 dimorphic, grayish-green. Var. pendula, Carr. Weeping R. With spreading 

 limbs and slender, pendulous branches: leaves usually scale-like. 



Dwarf, spreading or procumbent forms: Var. tripartita, R. Smith. 

 Fountain R. A dwarf, spreading form of irregular habit, densely branched, 

 with aeicular, glaucous leaves. Var. reptans, Beiss. (var. horizontalis, Arb. 

 Kew.). Creeping R. Low shrub, with horizontally spreading branches 

 and slender curving branclilets: bright green. 



19. J. scopulorum, Sarg. (Sabina .scopulorum, Rydb.). Colorado R. 



