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branches and crowded branchlets, the leaves whitish above and distinctly 

 ridged below; Spkeading JuNirER (614) — nana — is an almost prostrate 

 shrub with thickish much-divided 

 branchlets sometimes forming circu- 

 lar patches 10 feet in diameter, the 

 leaves short, incurved, almost cover- 

 ing the stems, often considered a 

 separate species — Juniperus ntoa ; 

 Douglas" Golden Junipbk (615) — 

 canadensis aiirea — is similar to var. 

 nina, but more erect and the leaves 

 longer and narrower, with tips of 

 branchlets golden yellow; Oblong 

 Juniper — obl6nga — is a large shrub or small 

 tree with slender somewhat pendulous branches 

 having longer and more spreading bright green 

 leaves; Weeping Common Juniper — p^ndula — 

 is a lower bush with still more pendulous branch- 

 lets. 



Virginian Juniper or Red Cedar — Juniperus 

 virginiilna — is the tallest of the junipers, some- 

 times reaching the height of 100 feet, but it has 

 a number of dwarf varieties of which Dwarf Virginian Juniper — 

 dumbsa — is about the lowest, growing into a rounded or pyramidal bush, 



it has many close-set ascending branches 

 with generally linear bright .green leaves ; 

 Weeping Virginian Juniper — p^ndula 

 — has weeping branchlets with many 

 bright green scale leaves ; Creeping Vir- 

 ginian Juniper — r^ptans — is bright green 

 with horizontally spreading branches and 

 more erect branchlets. 



Savin Juniper (610) — Juniperus Sa- 

 bina — is, like the last, one of the native 

 American species, but instead of growing 

 tall is always a low shrub, rarely reaching 

 the height of 10 feet. Almost all of the 

 dwarf forms of Juniperus virginiana are 

 duplicated in this species. The one test 

 Fig. 616. — Golden Japan that will separate them is the very strong 

 Juniper. 3^^^^ to many, disagreeable odor of the 



bruised leaves of Sabina. Among the named varieties are : Procum- 

 bent Juniper— htimilis — a nearly prostrate shrub with numerous erect 



Fig. 615. — Duuglas' 

 Golden Juniper. 



