142 PINACE^. 



§ 1. CUPRESSOIDES : The Cypress-like Juniper. 



Leaves variously formed : lanceolate, egg-shaped, needle-shaped, 

 scale-formed or rounded ; and variously disposed : in whorls of 

 threes or fives, solitary, in twos ; scattered, imhricated, two-rowed, or 

 four-rowed; of various shades of colour : light, dark, greyish, yellowish, 

 or brownish-green ; some glaucous and sUvery, and some smooth and 

 shining. 



Berries, egg-shaped, elongated, round, glohular, angular, or oblong, 

 externally furnished with bract-like humps ; and of various colours : 

 purple, brown, red, violet, or yellow ; some covered with a glaucous 

 bloom, some with a silvery powder, others polished and shining. 



JUNIPERUS ChINENSIS : The Chinese Juniper. 



This attains heights of from twelve to twenty feet; and it is a hardy, 

 handsome, pyramidal little tree or large shrub : and is found in two 

 forms ; the male, fmascula,) and the female, (foemina,) the former, 

 has its leaves generally three in a whorl, lance-shaped, spreading, and 

 stiff; while, the mature or old ones are like those of the female form, 

 being small, scale-like, and imbricated ; they are numerous, more or 

 less glaucous ; and bright green in colour. Its branches are some- 

 what irregularly disposed, generally alternate, numerous and sj)read- 

 ing ; furnished with numerous straight branchlets : and in the bloom- 

 ing season, when the flowers are fully expanded, the plant is liter- 

 ally covered with bright yellow or orange-green blossoms, rendering it 

 a superlatively beautiful little tree. The female form has its leaves 

 generally in opposite pairs, more or less four-rowed, scale-formed and 

 closely imbricated ; while the open or young leaves are more like those 

 of the male form : the be7ries are of course produced by this form and 

 are small, and violet brown in colour, and containing one, two, or three 

 seeds in each fruit, rarely more. Both of these forms of the Chinese 

 Juniper are most useful and beautiful large shrubs or small trees for 

 ornamental planting in this country, where they grow freely in a 

 variety of soils if healthy, and dry rather than moist. 



JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS : The Western Juniper. 



This was sent us from British Columbia, the valleys of the Eocky 

 Mountains, the Oregon country, and also from Northern Europe. It 

 attains heights of from ten to eighty feet, being much influenced in its 

 stature by the soil and climate where it is grown. It is a densely 

 branched, dark-barked, powdery, glaucous, silvery, bluish-green, 

 foliaged, strongly scented, purple berried, tolerably hardy, and variable 

 kind. 



