1084 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICTEUM BRITANNICUM. 
shrub. Greece. Height 10 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1838, or before; 
flowering in May and June. 
The leaves are like those of J. Oxycedrus, but the berries are twice as large, 
and black, covered with a violet bloom; a handsome plant, though very 
probably only a variety of J. Oxfcedrus. 
B. Native of Asia. 
a « 4, J. prupa‘cea Lab., N. Du Ham. The drupaceous, or large-fruited, 
Juniper. R 
Identification. Labillard. Icon. Plant. Syr. Dec., 2. p.14.; Mart. Mill., No. 11.; Desfont. Hist. des 
Arb. et Arbris. 2. p. 558. e : 
Synonyme. J. major Bellon Obs. 2. p. 162. 
Engravings. Clus. Icon. ; Labillard. Icon, ; our fig. 2018. reduced to our usual scale from the figure 
of La Billardiére ; and fig. 2019., which shows the scales of the fruit much opener than is usual in 
Juniperus ; it is, however, a correct copy of the original. 
2018. J. drupacea. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in threes, 
spreading, acute, three times shorter 
than the fruit. Nut 3-celled. (Ladd- 
lard.) An evergreen shrub. Syria. 
Introduced in 1820 ; but we have only 
seen young plants. 2019, J. drupacea, 
C. Native of North America. 
2 5. J. vireiniana L. The Virginian Juniper, or Red Cedar. 
Adentification. Lin. Sp. P)., 1471.; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 222. 
Synonymes. J. major americana Rai? Hist. 1413. ; J. maxima, &c., Sloan ; Ginepro di Virginia. 
Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 155.; the plates of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. 
vii. ; and our jig. 2020. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves in threes, the three growing together at the base ; 
young ones imbricated, old ones spreading. ( Willd.) An evergreen tree. 
Maine to Georgia, in woods and plains. Height 40 ft. to 50 ft.; in England, 
30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced before 1664; flowering in May, and ripening its 
dark blue fruit in October. 
Varieties. 
2 J. v. 2 humilis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Habit dwarf. 
* J. v. 3 carolinidna, J. caroliniana Du Roi, Mill. Dict. No. 2. — Miller 
says that the lower leaves of this kind are like those of the Swedish 
Juniper; but that the upper leaves are like those of the cypress ; 
while in the Virginian cedar all the leaves are like those of the 
juniper. (See p. 1082.) 
Other Varieties. The red cedar varies exceedingly from seed. At White 
