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TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 



C. Jap6nlca. 



GENUS 105. CRYPTOMERIA. 



A genus of evergreens containing only the following 

 species : 



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Cryptomeria Jap6nica, Don. (JA- 

 PAN CEDAR. ) Leaves about % in. long, 

 not flattened, but about equally 4-sided, 

 curved and tapering quite gradually 

 from the tip to the large, sessile base ; 

 branches spreading, mostly horizontal, 

 with numerous branchlets. Cones j 

 to % in. in diameter, globular, termi- 

 nal, sessile, very persistent, with nu- 

 merous, loose, not overlapping scales. 

 A beautiful tree from Japan, 50 to 100 

 ft. high. Not very successfully grown 

 in our climate. North of Washington, 



D. C., it needs a sheltered position, and should have a deep, but not 



very rich soil. 



GENUS 106. JTJNIPERUS. 



Leaves evergreen, awl-shaped or scale-like, rigid, often 

 of two shapes on the same plant. Spray not 2-ranked. 

 Flowers usually dioecious. Fertile catkins rounded, of 3 to 

 6 fleshy, coalescent scales, forming in fruit a bluish-black 

 berry with a whitish bloom, but found on only a portion 

 of the plants. 



* Leaves rather long, \f, in., in whorls of threes 



* Leaves smaller ; on the old branches mostly opposite 



1 . Juniperus communis, L. (CoM- 

 MON JUNIPER.) Leaves rather long, 

 % in., linear, awl-shaped, in whorls 

 of threes, prickly-pointed, upper sur- 

 face glaucous-white, under surface 

 bright green. Fruit globular, % in. 

 or more in diameter, dark purple 

 when ripe, covered with light-colored 

 bloom. A shrub or small tree with 

 spreading or pendulous branches ; 

 common in dry, sterile soils. There 



