342 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
' Stem 80 - 100 feet high, fastigiately ee at summit ; the trunk 2-4 feet, 0; 
in diameter, often sag and much enlarged at ‘tthe 7 the i re or i a aaa 
protruding ’a number ft large conical hol ow knobs above the surface of the ground. 
Leaves one-third to half 2 an inch lon roti acute, cinaiete or prvcnpeg! eae ae 
alternate slender herbaceous bra-ches (which pel resemble com les) 1- 
or 3 inches in length ; a number of leaves are also solitary, and Scattered | on Piha Day 
es. 
ao along large streams : Delaware to Louisiana. Fl. Feb.-April. Fr. Sept.- 
The wood of _ noble me eakatle tree is soft, fine grained 
and exceedingly dura For many years it supplied the market with 
those i ns ha material called “ Cedar shingles” ; but since 
ese e become rather scarce and dear, they have been extensively 
aperecdiod by shingles made of the White Pine Pinus Strobus, L-), 
which make a reasonably good substitute at a much less price. 
7. JUNIP’ERUS, L. Junirer. 
[The classical name.] 
Flowers dicecious—or rarel ly moneecious on distinct branches. StaMr 
NATE AMENTS axilla Son subterminal, ovoid, very small. Aner 
3-6, attached to the lower 80 ¥ the shield- shaped sca ERTILE 
AMENTS ane ys ovoid, "bractes Wid ge Faonles ; In ga foc 
ae a sort of ate scaly bra ated tr . Seeds cad 
1. J. commu ‘nis, L. Pies n threes, "tage ena spreading, 
prtelly punted, concave and paaibas above. 
Common JunirErus. Juniper. 
0 feet high, with numerous erect branches or prostrate and spreading. Leaves 
aie ey Be a long, sharp-pointed, bright — beneath. Staminate aments 2-3 lines 
in length, russe colored. Fruit a dark purple, about the size of a pea. 
Dry rocky hil ils: New Jersey and northw ard. 
Obs. This shrub is common both to arch som this — there 
the te form. 
are several varieties, the most common wit e prost 
The long branches extend in every direction, aie ve the aha mgr: the 
, forming large beds 10-15 feet in diameter and n ore than 
two feet high s of New England where it i 
a troublesome i as it is very difficult to extirpate it; it is by rauald 
destroyed by b _ The berries oy sano roa neva, 
2, J. Virginia’na, L. Leaves in four rows,—on young aay og and 
muey growing te awl-shaped and somewhat spreading n pairs 
and threes—on the older ones very small and scale-like, Eten oat 
2 Virorstax Juniperus. Red Cedar. 
