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coni'fer/e. juni'perus. 



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weeks ; and, if an nch of soil be placed at the bottom of the vessel, the 

 fibres will root into it, and the plants may be used as if they had been struck 

 in the usual manner. Layers, put down in moist soil, root the first year. 



Statistics. In the Neighbourhood of London. At Whitton, it is 81 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 

 5ft. at 2ft. from the ground; at Purser's Cross, it is between 70 ft. and 80ft. high (this tree has 

 borne cones and male blossoms) ; at Abercorn Priory, at Stanmore, it is 42 ft. high, diameter of the 

 head 75 ft.; at Muswell Hill, it is 43 ft. high; at Kenwood, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, dia- 

 meter of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 24 ft. ; at Gunnersbury Park it is 51 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in. ; at York House, Twickenham, it is 52 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3(t., 

 and of the head 33 ft. ; and at Syon there are several from 60 ft. to 70 ft. high, and, among others, the 

 tree of which we have given a portrait in our last Volume. — South of London. In Cornwall, at Port 

 Elliot, 80 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 30 ft. In Hamp- 

 shire, at Strath fieldsaye, it is 46 ft. high, with a trunk 3ft. 4 in. in diameter. In Surrey, at St. Ann's 

 Hill, 35 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft., bearing cones 



abundantly North of London. In Berkshire, at Ditton Park, 90 years old, it is 80 ft. high, with a 



trunk 3 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Cambridgeshire, at Wimpole, 45 years planted, it is only 27 ft. high. 

 In Essex, at Hylands, 10 years planted, it is 13 ft. high. In Herefordshire, at Haffield, 11 years planted, 

 it is 14ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 16 years planted, it is 15ft. high. In Suffolk, at 

 Great Livermore, 35 years planted, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head 

 18 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, it is 47 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and 

 of the head 24 ft. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 60 years planted, it is 55 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 40 ft. In Yorkshire, at Studley, the very handsome tree of which 

 fig. 2339. is a portrait, 36ft. high. — In Scotland, in Ayrshire, at Fullarton, 20 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 high. — In Ireland, in the county of Down, at Ballyleady, 22 years planted, it is 16 ft. high — In 

 France. In the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 38 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the circumference of the 

 trunk 10 ft. 4 in. On the Government Farm of Rambouillet are several from 65 ft. to 70 ft. high, 

 with trunks about 10 ft. in circumference ; and several others with trunks from 3ft. to 8 ft. in cir- 

 cumference. At Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 20 years old, it is from 30 ft. to40 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Austria, near Vienna, at Briick on the 

 Leytha, 30 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 13 ft. 

 — In Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, from 45 to 50 years old, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 1ft., and of the head 9 ft. — In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years planted, it is 62 ft. 

 high, the circumference of the trunk 4 ft. 2 in., and the diameter of the head 45 ft. — In America, at 

 Philadelphia, in Bartram's Botanic Garden, it is 120 ft. high, with a trunk 28| ft. in circumference, 

 above the buttock. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of cones, in London, 3s. 

 per quart ; plants Is. each : at Bollwyller, plants are from 

 1 franc to 2 francs; and at New York, 50 cents. 



£ T. sempervirens Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 64. ; our fig. 2340. to our 

 usual scale; and fig. 2341. of the natural size. The evergreen Taxo- 



dium. Leaves distichous, linear, acute, evergreen, cori- 

 aceous, 'glabrous, opaque. {Lamb.) An evergreen tree. 



Branchlets angled, leafy, glabrous, Leaves linear, acute, 



distichous, coriaceous, glabrous : opaque and shining on 



both sides, keeled beneath, flat on the margin ; § in. to 



lin. long,"! ' ine broad, decurrent. Galbulus terminal, 



solitary, roundish, with short imbricated scales at the base ; 



scales trapezoidal, peltate, thick, fungous and woody ; 



rough above, and radiately striated ; depressed in the 



centre, terminating at the base in a thick angular pedicel. 



Seeds many to a single scale, angular, yellowish. {Lamb. 



Pin.) This species was discovered by Mr. Menzies, on 



the north-west coast of America, in 1796 ; and immense 



trees of it were seen by Dr. Coulter in 1836 ; but it has 



not yet been introduced. It will probably prove hardy ; 



and, in that case its introduction would be exceedingly 



desirable. 

 £ T. capdnse ; Cupressusj'uniperoldes Lin. Sp. PL, 4. ; 

 2340 tne A f rican > or Cape, Cypress; has the branches loose 



and spreading; leaves nearly 1 in. long, of a light green 

 colour, and continuing the same all the year. Galbulus black when ripe. 

 A native of the Cape of Good Hope ; cultivated before 1756 by Miller ; 

 and flowering in April and May. It requires the protection of the 

 greenhouse. 



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JUNrPERUS L. The Juniper. Lin. Syst. Dice'cia Monadelphia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1134. ; Reich., 1240.; Schreb., 1552. ; Gaertn., t. 91. ; Tourn., t. 361. 



Juss., 413. ; Lamb. Pin., 2. 

 Synonymcs. .S'ablna Bauh. ; Cedrus Tourn. ; Genevrier, Fr. ; Wachholder, Gcr. 



