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variegated Tamarisk-like-leaved form,) and Variegata, (the common 

 variegated-leaved.) Each and all of which are, in all their component 

 parts, highly fragrant and stimulant : and thoroughly hardy. 



JUNIPERUS SqUAMATA: The Scaly Juniper. 



This kind is called " Pappinja,^^ (creeping juniper,) " Googgul," 

 (incense juniper,) " Tlieloo^' (spirituous-juiced juniper,) and " Blie- 

 dara^'' (yeast-producing juniper,) by the Indian tribes. In its ligneous 

 tissue it is closely allied to its congeners, Densa^ Recurva^ and 

 Beligiosa, but in its leaves, fruit, and habit of growth, it is dis- 

 tinct from each and all of them ; and more particularly in its products 

 of resinous juice, which is much less bitter or pungent. It forms a 

 large, spreading, many-branched, creeping or decumbent bush, about a 

 yard high. Its leaves are generally in threes, ovate or oblong in form ; 

 some acute, some obtuse ; comparatively large ; various shades of 

 green colour, and all of them, young and old, more or less glaucous ; while 

 on young growths they are linear or lanceolate, some bright green, and 

 others green above and white or silvery below ; and on all branches 

 they are more scale-formed and imbricated. Its berries are also ovate or 

 oblong ; some light blue, some dark purple, and some nearly black in 

 colour ; all of them glossy or shining, and more or less scaly-surfaced 

 and generally one- seeded. It is hardy enough for the climate of Britain. 



JUNIPKRUS ThurIFERA: The Frankincense Juniper. 



This is a distinct, beautiful, and ornamental kind ; forming a most 

 graceful, dense, conical, and perfectly symmetrical httle pyramidal tree ; 

 branched to the ground, and regularly tapering to a sharp and finely- 

 rounded point, or top ; attaining heights of from twenty to forty feet. 

 It is a native of Spain and Portugal ; and hardy enough for our Eng- 

 lish winters, though somewhat delicate in cold, or much exposed 

 localities. It well deserves a place in every collection of ornamental, 

 handsome, or beautiful trees or shrubs. Its leaves are small, narrow, 

 rigid, sharp-pointed, rich glaucous grey, or silvery-green in colour ; and 

 generally in opposite pairs, somewhat stem-clasping or loosely imbri- 

 cated and glandless on the under side. Its berries are comparatively 

 large, ovate, changing from bright green to ruby shades as they in- 

 crease in maturity ; transforming themselves to violet tints, and when 

 ripe assuming a rich, glaucous, dark purple, or black colour. It was 

 formerly much used by Southern Europeans, as one of their incense 

 plants or trees, hence its name Thurifera/^ 



^ WHen any of the genera or species of Pinaceae in European Roman Catholic 

 countries, or under the Greek Church, are called " Thurifesa," be it understood 



