LX¥XVIJ. CONI’FERZ: JUNI/PERUS. 1088 
what the difference from the species consists. There are other names current 
in the nurseries, in some of which they are applied to J. comminis, in others 
to J. Sabina, and in others to J. virginiana. 
The rate of growth of the 
taller-growing varieties, in the 
climate of London, is from 
6 in. to 9in. a year, till the 
plants are 6 or 8 feet high, 
after which they grow more 
slowly; and their duration is 
more than a century. The 
wood is finely veined, of a 
yellowish brown, and very 
Sy aromatic. It weighs, when 
/ dry, above 42lb. per cubic 
foot. The berries are, how- 
ever, the most useful product 
20135. J. comminis. of the juniper, being used for 
flavouring gin. The plant 
makes good garden hedges, and may be clipped into any shape. 
2014. J. commitnis. 
# 2, J. Oxy’ceprus L. The Sharp-Cedar, or brown-berried, Juniper. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. P., 1470.; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 47. 
Synonymes.__ J. major Cam. Epit. 54.; J.m. monspelicnsium Lod. Ic. 2. p. 223.; J. pheenicea, &c., 
J Bauh. Hist.\. p. 277.3; J. major, &c., C. Bauh. p. 489.; Cedrus phoenicea Matih. Valgr. 127.5 
Oxfcedrus Clus. Hist. p.39.; 0. pheenicea Dod. Pempt. p. 853. ; the prickly Cedar ; le Cade, Fr. 5 
Spanische Wachholder, Ger.; Cedro Fenicio, Ital. 
ig Engravings. N. Du Ham., 6. 
t. 15. f. 2.3 our jig. 2016. to 
our usual scale ; and jig. 2015. 
of the natural size. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 
in threes, spreading, 
mucronate, shorter 
than the _ berries. 
(Willd.) An evergreen 
shrub. Spain, Portu- 
gal, and the South of 
France. Height 10 ft. 
to 12 ft. Introduced 
before 1739. Flower- 2016. J. Oxseuavaig 
ing in May and June. 
2015. J. Oxycedrus. 
Variety. 
# J. 0. 2 tatrica Hort.—Tolerably distinct ; and, according to Mr. Gor- 
don, possibly J, drupacea. (Gard. Mag., 1840, p. 10.) 
Closely allied to J, communis. The branches are small 
and taper, without angles. Berries very large, of a 
brownish red, and marked with two white lines. Hand- 
some when allowed sufficient space; and rather more 
tender than J. communis, 
3. J. macroca’RPa Smith. The large-fruited Juniper. 
Hdcatiiections Smith in Fl. Grec. Prod., 2. p. 263.; Tenore Syll. Fl. 
eapol. 
Sz 4 ymes. ?J. Ox¥cedrus var.; J. major, baccé cerulea, Tourn. Inst. 
58! 
Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 223. f.1.; and our fig. 2017. of the natural 
size, copied from the figure of L’Obel. 7 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ternate, spreading, mucronate, 
sharply keeled, one-nerved. Berries elliptical, longer - 
than the leaf. (Smith, Fl, Gr., 2. p. 267.) An evergreen 2017. J. macrocérpa. 
