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LAWN AND SHADE TEEES. 



effective as' a large spreading plant upon an extensive lawn. 

 Juniperus tmtm and echiniformis are of a lighter, more yellow- 

 green and compact habit, and for positions where only a limited 

 space can be given them, are very beautiful. They are nearer 

 allied to the juniperus sabina, or common savin, a variety 

 well known, and that forms one of the best masses of low 

 growth among the whole collection. 



The juniperus prostrata is a very low creeping variety, of 

 value in rock-work", and for massing and forming a low ever- 

 green bed upon a lawn. It is admirable also for planting on 

 small mounds and in cemeteries over the graves of the departed. 



Fig. 43. — Common Juntpeb anb Prostrate JtJHiPER. 



There are many more varieties, but as yet comparatively 

 scarce ; all, however, or nearly all, promise to prove hardy and 

 of value in forming features of beauty in a landscape. We 

 have seen a most beautiful mass ma'de of junipers by taking the 

 Swedish as the center plants, then the canadensis circling it, 

 and intermingling the squamata and sabina with here and there 

 a hibemica, and toning down with nana, to an outside finish 

 with prostrata. 



DwABF Pines. — There are several varieties of the pine family 



