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the leaves are narrower, and not so close together, and 

 the berries are larger than those of the common J miiper : 

 it grows higher, too, than tliat does in a wild state. 



The Brown-berried Juniper, Junipcrus O.vijcedriis, 

 which the French call Le Cade ; the Italians, Ginepro 

 rosso^ Red Juniper ; is a native of Spain, Portugal, and 

 the south of France. It otows ten or twelve feet hio;h, 

 and is branched all the way : the berries are of a red- 

 bro\m colour, of the size of a hazel-nut, and ver^- hand- 

 some, vrhen in plentv. This was cultivated in England 

 bv Ur. 3Jiller in 1739- 



The Phoenician Jumper, Juniper Phcenicia, also 

 called the Phcenician Cedar, grows in the form of a 

 pyramid : the leaves on the upper branches are dark 

 green ; those of the lower have a grevish hue ; the 

 berries, when ripe, are of a pale yellow. This was in- 

 troduced into England in 1683. 



The Lvcian Juniper, Jiiniperus Li/cia, more com- 

 monly called the Lvcian Cedar, is a native of the south 

 of France, the Levant, and Siberia : it is very similar- to 

 the Savin, differing chiefly in the slenderness of the 

 shoots, and in the leaves being less pointed, and not so 

 clustered together. This was cultivated bv Mr. Miller 

 in 1759. 



Some think the Cedar mentioned by Virgil, in the 

 second and third Georgics, was the Lycian Cedar, but it 

 remains uncertain : whichever it was, he speaks of it as 

 used for building, and as odorous : 



" dant utile lignum 



Xavigiis pinos, domibus cedrunique cupressosque." 



Georgic ii. 



The pine affords wood useful for ships^ the cedar and the 

 cypress, for houses." 



