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Var. UtahemiH, Eri;{f;lrn., lias more Hk;nd<^;r branch lots. Fruit 

 rovLvA SLud smaller. It irihabitB the HU^mi Nevarla, B<^/iithcm 

 Utah, and Arizrjna. 



J. eommonis, Linn. — Common JunifK.r. — l^/d,vft<i rath^^^r lon;^, 

 \m(/dx, awl-fthafx;d, prickJy-[K^intod, upj:><;r Burface white, glau- 

 rynLB, under one bright '^(ian. Fruit small, r^/und, fl^irk ywryhif 

 covered with a light bkx^rn. A low, straggling shrub or small 

 tree, HfMoia more- thiari t<^:n or twelve feet high. 17jis hI)(:(:U,'H 

 may well be called common, as it is a native of Asia, Eurojie, 

 and extends entirely acrr^s North America. Tlie berrie-s of this 

 r^'ies arr; employed in giving the x><;culiar flavor to gin, and 

 J oil extracted from them is ab^; use^l in medicine. There is 

 J immense numU^r of varietie-s of this sj^'cie-s in cultivation, 

 iO wn undz-r such names as Irish Junip^^r, Swedish Juni[X;r, 

 -j>arilsh Junijx.-r, Large-fruited J unijK.r, Weex>in^, Creeping or 

 i^rostrate, and many others more or If^ss common in nurseries 

 and ornamental grounds. 



J. OfHdfDtalln, U^xjIc. — Wf^fjtem Junipfjr. — A sp^,<;ies very much 

 resembling the California Junip^.-r, Imt the fruit is smaller, 

 blue-black, and the fle-shy envelof^^ re-<iinr/u,s. A large tree in 

 Orf^on, l>ut Ixrcoming a mere shrub furt?ier south in California, 

 There are s^;veral natural varieties. Var. mrMOfffjerma, Engel rn. , 

 is a smaU shrub in Texiis, west to Arizr>na, and northward tr> 

 Colora/^lo. Var. crmpmgms, Engelm., is said to Ix; quite abund- 

 ant in Western Texas and New Mexico, in fact the two vari/^- 

 ties as well as the sjxrcies ai^xxrar to be only climatic fr/rms of 

 the common Junixi^'r. Tlie tre-<rs are ustially crrxAe-^l and dis- 

 torted, but the limYjftr is Iiard and uihk(:H excelk-nt fu/^:L 



pafhyphlca. — Torr. — Tlib is another of thos^; \ff:f:xx\\wc west- 

 em forms of the Junix^rr, more or k-f:s common in New Mr*xico 

 and Arizona. An exce-^rdingly slow-growing trf^r;, an/1 Dr. En- 

 gelmann says that s^^rne tre-^^s, two hundred years old, have a 

 diameter of only fonr to six inclies, but an occasional sx^^'imen 

 is tffxxnfi with a (liaLiaf :ter of two to thrf^e f^^j^-t, but th/;s/; are 

 usually found in rich, rathf-r rnr^ist soiis, and in sli/.-ltered x>^^i- 

 tir^ii^s. 



J. Virsriniaaa. I^ — Eed Cellar. — I>^ves v^^ry small, f-xale-iike 

 on the oWer branches, but larger on the ywng twigs ^/r branch- 

 lets ; Tery numerous, closely imbricated, and of a dark green 

 color. Branches usually horizontal, but in s^>me s^/ils upright, 

 coTered with a thin, scaly bark. Fruit small, dark-x/urple, 

 covered with a whitish bloom. A very common and well 



