52. 
THE JUNIPER. 
Juniperus communis. 
PuaTteE 6, Fie. 3. 
claim to magnificence of growth 
can be established for the subject 
of the present chapter. Indeed, 
its claim to be considered a Tree 
at all may be disputed by some 
persons; for in our woodlands 
it is seldom that Juniperus communis 
reaches a height of more than fifteen feet. 
Yet specimens of this species have been 
found growing of a height that will war- 
rant its inclusion here. Its leaves, pomted and 
bristle-like, are mostly borne in little groups of 
three upon its somewhat bushy branches. Its 
