PIXETUM DANICUM. 



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111 Scandinavia this Juniper thrives better than farther south in 

 Central Europe. In the South of Norway it is common to see trees 

 of more than 20 feet high, and which, breast high, are 6 to 9 inches 

 in diameter. 



In East Finland, at 69° N. lat. and 23° 40' E. long., the geologist 

 Tellef Dahl found very low growing J. communis, with horizontal 

 branches of a length of 10 to 12 feet. The short stems were 

 13 inches in diameter. The annula,r rings were so fine that it was 

 impossible to count them (Schiibeler, " Viridarium Norvegicum "). 



J. e. pyramidalis, a variety to be seen in some Danish gardens 

 having a height of about 25 feet. 



J. drupacea, Labill. PI. Syr. Decad. ii. 14, t. 18. J. latifoUa 

 arhorea, Gerasi fructii, Tourn. Coroll. 41. J. Oxycedrus y, Lamb. 

 Diet. ii. 625. ArceufJios drv.pacea, Ant. and Kotsch. Oest. Bot. 

 Wochenbl. iv. 249 (1854). 



Habited.— ThQ mountains of Northern Syria (2,000-5,000 feet 

 high), difi'erent parts of Mount Taurus, and places in Western Asia at 

 from 3,500 to 5,000 feet elevation, and in Greece, especially on 

 the Peloponessus. 



Introduced into North and West European gardens in 1854 by 

 Theodor Kotschy. 



Has in some gardens grown well out of doors during many years, 

 but occasionally, here and there, branches were killed. 



J. exeelsa, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. ii. 524. J. Sahina, var. taurica, 

 PalL Fl. Poss. ii. 15. J. foetida exeelsa, Spach in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 

 2, xvi. 297. J. Olivieri, Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 57. J. ("?) exeelsa, 

 Madd. in Gord. Pin. 107. J. (0 religiosa, Poyle, Himal. Mount, i. 

 351. J. exeelsa glauea, hort. J . polycarpa and J. isophylla, C. Koch. 

 Dendrol. ii. 133. Sahina exeelsa, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. 45, t. 60. 



Habitat. — The Greek Archipelago, and the sub-alpine districts of 

 Asia Minor ; also Armenia and Syria (Mount Lebanon), (Prod. xvi. 484). 



Introduced in 1806 by Sir J oseph Banks. 



Perhaps not quite hardy in Denmark. 



J. flaccida, Schlechtendal. J. foetida flaccida, Spach, Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 300, and Hist. Yeg. Phan. xi. 320 ; Loud. Encycl. 

 of Trees, 1090 ; Carr. Man. des. PI. iv. 313, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 48 ; 

 Gord. Pin. 103 (excl. syn. gracilis). 



Habitat. — Different parts of Mexico. 



Introduced in 1838. 



Grown in pots in Denmark. A large shrub which I saw under this 

 name in South Sweden does well out of doors, but it will still have 

 to be observed if it is the true species. 



J. foetidissima, Willd. Spec. PI. iv. 853. J. orientalis foetid- 

 issima, &c., Tourn. Coroll. 41. J. foetida sqnarridosa, Spach in 



