JtfNIPEKUS OXYCEDRUS, J. RICStDA. £77 



Etna, in Sicily, as high as 9,000 feet elevation,* also of other 

 Alpine regions in the south of Europe. 



Juniperus macrocarpa. — A shrub, from 10 to 12 feet high, of 

 more open and spreading habit than the common Juniper; it has 

 also longer leaves, and, as its name implies, bears larger berries. 

 It is abundant throughout the Mediterranean region, and although 

 sufficiently hardy for some parts of England, it is rarely other than 

 an inelegant bush in British gardens. 



Juniperus neaboriensis is a very distinct kind, of pyramidal or 

 fastigiate habit, with short branches clothed with short rigid and 

 very glaucous foliage. It is a handsome plant for the shrubbery. 



The Juniper cultivated in British gardens under this name is 

 evidently a variety of Juniperus communis. We have not been able 

 to trace its origin. 



Juniperus oxycedrus is the representative of the common Juniper 

 throughout the Mediterranean region, where it is very abundant. 

 It is a bushy, much-branched shrub, with slender pendulous 

 branchlets, clothed with sharp spreading needle-like leaves. 



Juniperus oxycedrus may be distinguished from the common Juniper 

 by its somewhat broader and shorter leaves with more prominent white 

 bands on the under side. In Great Britain, owing to climatal causes, 

 it attains but small proportions, has an inelegant habit, and is quite 

 destitute of any ornamental qualities. 



Closely allied to Juniperus oxycedrus are /. Cedrus, a tall tree, native 

 of the Canary Islands, and /. brevifolia, a bush 10 to 12 feet high, 

 inhabiting the Azores, neither of which are hardy in Britain. 



Juniperus rigida is a low tree or shrub, of upright habit, with 

 a somewhat irregular, but by no means an inelegant outline^ caused 

 by projecting and drooping branches. The leaves, which form a very 

 distinct characteristic of this species, are half an inch long, linear, 

 rigid, erect, sharp-pointed, and distinctly marked with a glaucous 

 furrow on the upper side — they are produced in close-set verticils of 

 threes. The foliage and young growth, which is slender and pen- 

 dulous, are of a lively light green, with a perceptible tinge of yellow, 

 to which is superadded a glaucous hue peculiar to this species. 



*' Can-ike, p. 16. 



