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in collections ; one the male form, another the female one, and 

 the third a bright-green one. The male kind has shorter and 

 much more numerous branchlets, while the female one has 

 longer, slenderer, and much fewer branchlets ; the third variety- 

 is of a beautiful light glossy green, and the handsomest of the 

 three. The female form is generally known in collections as 

 Chamberlain's Weeping Red Cedar, while the green one is 

 called Juniperus Virginiana pendula viridis. 



JuNiPERUS Virginiana Schottii, Hort, the Light-green 

 Virginian Cedar. 

 Syn. Juniperus Schottii, ITort. 



Virginiana viridis, Ilort 

 „ „ „ stricta, Hort. 



A fine pyramidal variety, differing principally in its peculiar 

 bright green colour. 



Juniperus Virginiana tripartita, R. Smith, the Tripartite 



Red Cedar. 

 Syn. Juniperus tripartita, Hort. 

 A low spreading bush, from three to four feet high, with 

 several stems, and quite the habit of growth of the common 

 savin ; the leaves are mostly open, very acute and straight ; 

 but frequently those on the fertile branchlets are scale-formed, 

 and closely imbricated. 



A very distinct kind, of continental origin, and quite hardy. 



Juniperus Virginiana alba variegata, Hort. 

 This variety has whitish . leaves and branchlets, intermixed 

 with the ordinary green ones. 



Juniperus Virginiana aurea, variegata, Hort. 

 This variety has a portion of the branchlets of a fine golden 

 yellow, scattered all over the plant. 



