198 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Genus 105. CRYPTOMERIA. 
A genus of evergreens containing only the following 
species: 
Cryptoméria Japénica, Don. (Ja- 
PAN CEDAR.) Leaves about 1 in. long, 
yy" not flattened, but about equally 4-sided, 
eurved and tapering quite gradually 
from the tip to the large, sessile base; 
branches spreading, mostly horizontal, 
with numerous branchlets. Cones 1% 
to 34 in. in diameter, globular, termi- 
nal, sessile, very persistent, with nu- 
merous, loose, not overlapping scales. 
A beautiful tree from Japan, 50 to 100 
ft. high. Not very successfully grown 
C. Japonica, + “in our climate. North of Washington, 
D. C., it needs a sheltered position, and should have a deep, but not 
very rich soil. 
Genus 106. JUNIPERUS. 
Leaves evergreen, awl-shaped or scale-like, rigid, often 
of two shapes on the same plant. Spray not 2-ranked. 
Flowers usually dicecious. Fertile catkins rounded, of 3 to 
6 fleshy, coalescent scales, forming in fruit a bluish-black 
berry with a whitish bloom, but found on only a portion 
of the plants. 
* Leaves rather long, 14 in., in whorls of threes................ Es 
* Leaves smaller; on the old branches mostly opposite.......... 2s 
1. Juniperus communis, L. (Com- 
MON JUNIPER.) Leaves rather long, 
14 in., linear, awl-shaped, in whorls 
of threes, prickly-pointed, upper sur- 
face glaucous-white, under surface 
bright green. Fruit globular, 14 in. 
or more in diameter, dark purple 
when ripe, covered with light-colored 
bloom. A shrub or small tree with 
spreading or pendulous branches; 
common in dry, sterile soils. There 
