276 A MANUAL OP THE CONIFERS. 



Scotland to Kamtchatka, * and in America on the shores of the 

 Great Lakes and northwards.f 



Juniperus communis oblonga is a procumbent bush, with 

 slender branches and branchlets clothed with long attenuated leaves 

 of a deeper and brighter green than the common kind. 



It is a native of the Caucasus. 



This variety rarely thrives well in England. It is very distinct as 

 regards the colour of its foliage, and it sometimes takes an erect habit. 



Juniperus communis suecicse. — The Swedish Juniper is a 

 fastigiate variety somewhat resembling the Irish, but more robust 

 in growth, and having its foliage more glaucous and of a lighter 

 green. The outline of the Swedish Juniper varies, but it is always 

 formal, sometimes it is columnar, sometimes angular. 



Juniperus drupacea. — A low or medium-sized tree with a 

 straight erect trunk furnished with numerous short branches, which 

 give the tree, especially in its young state, a columnar or elongated 

 conical form. The leaves, which are in threes, are broader and 

 stouter than in any of the Junipers, very pointed, and light green 

 with but faint traces of the glaucescence common to this section of 

 the genus. The fruit is remarkable both in size and colour, 

 and may be_ described as consisting of fleshy closely united scales, 

 arranged in verticils, enclosing a very hard bony kernel, generally 

 containing three cells, but sometimes, by non-developement, only 

 one ; it is about the size of the common sloe, of a deep purple, 

 covered with a glaucous bloom. 



Habitat. — The mountains of northern Syria, Mount Taurus, places 

 in western Asia at from 3,500 to 5,000 feet of elevation. 



Introduced into European gardens in 1854, by Theodor Kotschy.J 



A very handsome and distinct Conifer, suitable for lawns, either as a 

 single specimen or for grouping with other kinds. 



Juniperus hemisphserica.— A dense little rounded bush of singu- 

 lar appearance, with short rigid leaves, resembling - those of the 

 common Juniper, and quite glaucous. It is a native of Mount 



* Prod., xvi., p. 480. 

 t Dr. A. Gray, Flora of Northern States, p. 471. $ Nadelhoher, p. 310. 



