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Willows— Con till ucd. 



Salix reticulata, L. In tlio Uocky Moiiutaius (;iud uortliward to the Arctic 

 coast) : a dwailcd species with twisted and buried stems, the leaves rising 

 only a fe\v" inches above (lie ground. 



CoNiFERiii : Fine Familij. 



Common JOxirKU. Junipcras conmiiDiis,* L. Four to 10 feet (or with care and 

 cultivation occasionally becoming arborescent): in the Eocky Mountains 

 from New Mexico to Montana (eastward through the Northern States and 

 northward throughout British America; native also in Europe). With 

 somewhaterect and spreading branches ; leaves in threes, i to f of an inch 

 long, narrow, needle-pointed, whitish and concave above : berries J of 

 • an inch in diameter, densely white ivitli hloom. Bark of branches with 

 ridged scales. Variety Alpina, Linn., differs from the type in being quite 

 or nearly prostrate, forming mat-like growths with its widely extended 

 branches ; leaves J to f of an inch long, broader, curved, and less spreading : 

 chiefly northern in the Rocky Mountains and eastern United States. Con- 

 siderably used as an ornamental shrub. 



Cheeping Juniper. Juniperus Sahina, L., var. procumhens, Pursh. Abundant in 

 the mountains from Colorado to Montana (westward to the Pacific coast 

 eastward through the Northern States to the Atlantic, and north of the 

 United States boundary) : a prostrate shrub of considerable importance in 

 the forest economy of the region, as by its abundance it retains the snow, 

 and thus preserves a much-needed supply of water in mountain streams. 

 Foliage dense ; prostrate branches taking root ; ofcen scaly with persistent 

 dead leaves ; berries to of au inch in diameter. 



* See arborescent Junipers, Nos. 24, 25, 26, page 166. 



