THE JUNIPER. 507 
flowers are of a whitish-yellow colour; and its 
fruit (shown in the illustration on this page) is in 
the form of purple or purplish-black and fleshy 
berries. The Juniper is easily grown on sandy 
soil, and can be propagated either by seed, by 
cuttings, or by layers. Its trunk or stem is 
usually too small to produce any appreciable 
quantity of wood. But it is aromatic, of a 
yellowish-brown colour, very durable, finely veined, 
and susceptible of a high polish, and is useful and 
