188 CYPRESSES AND JUNIPERS 
upon to create any restaurant precedent for its ap- 
pearance on the better-furnished tables of the more 
epicurean. 
To return to our inquiry into the origin of the word 
Juniper and its application. The Greek word dpxevOos 
is translated Juniper, but Heaven only knows how 
wide was the application.of these two frequently 
used words, «éSpos and dpxevOos, nor, for the matter 
of that, is it a subject of much consequence in any 
present-day commentary. The name Arceuthos has 
been applied by the Kew authorities to the Syrian 
representative of the family which goes by the name 
of J. Drupacea, and to which reference is made 
farther on. 
Writers of a past day have described the Juniper 
as a plant with an aromatic smell, and tell us that 
its wood emitted the fragrant odour connected with 
incense. While the leaves of the J. Sabina emit a 
striking and independent odour, and one quite un- 
mistakable from that, say, of a Cypress or Thuya, 
some of the other species hardly betray any sign 
whatsoever in these dispensing directions. The smell 
of the Sabina has been described by some as fragrant, 
by others as disagreeable. While personally in favour 
of the first pronouncement, we can only suggest, as 
we have in similar cases and under similar circum- 
stances, that each one should work out his own 
instincts on this subject, and put a thoughtful nose 
to an acute consideration of its merits or demerits. 
After that experiment they can arrive at_in inde- 
pendent judgment upon these opposite allegations 
urged. 
As a timber tree modern writers appraise it rather 
cheaply. Older writers give it a better character. 
It has certainly been extensively used from times 
immemorial, for many purposes, which range from 
cedar pencil making to gin flavouring. In an olden 
