(122) 



Next by the inner road is a row of three low plants. The first 

 is a Savin Juniper and the other two are 



Juniperus chinensis var. argenteo-variegata, the Whiteleaf 

 Chinese-Juniper 



In the middle between these two and the outer road are two 

 Fortune's Junipers (p. 111). Next in the center is a Silver Red- 

 Cedar, with the upper portion of its main trunk divided into three 

 branches. Beyond it are two more Fortune's Junipers in the 

 center and nearer the outer road ; nearer the inner road is a Varie- 

 gated Chinese-Juniper. Next are two Chinese Junipers, one a few 

 steps beyond the other and both near the outer road. By the inner 

 road is a Chinese Juniper. 



The next low-spreading plant in the center is unidentified. It 

 appears to be a golden variety of the Chinese Juniper. 



The last two junipers with slaty gray color by the inner road are 



Juniperus occidentalis, the Western Juniper 



This pleasing grayish-green juniper is native to the Pacific 

 Coast from Washington to California. 



General Discussion 



About forty known species of junipers are distributed in the 

 north temperate hemisphere. Without fruit they are difficult to 

 distinguish, not only among themselves, but from closely related 

 genera. The scales of the cones are so modified that they lose all 

 semblance as such and form a fleshy berry-like fruit. This is the 

 most distinctive feature of the group. The number of seeds in 

 these berries furnishes a definite basis for distinction. In the 

 native Red-Cedar, for instance, there are only one or two seeds 

 and in the very similar Chinese Juniper two or three. Another 

 distinguishing feature, almost impossible to use, is that the fruit 

 ripens either the first year, as in the Red Cedar, or the second as in 

 the Savin and most other species or in the third as in the Common 

 Juniper. But since it is difficult to find berries on ornamental 

 junipers the difficulty of distinguishing them is hardly lessened. 



One distinctive feature, however, is that the juvenile needle- 

 shaped leaves of junipers have whitish lines on their upper surface. 



