EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS. 
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we have seen noble native growths of the red cedar. On Kelley’s 
Island there were formerly trees with trunks thirty inches in 
diameter. It is also found of large size in the valley of the 
Ohio. 
The Weeping Red Cedar, y. virginiana pendiila ( y, viri- 
dissima pe7idula ), — This variety is distinguished by more slender 
branches, of which the young twigs and growing wood are pen- 
dulous. It has a free, loose, irregularly conical growth, that 
promises, 07i rich soils, to make it a spirited old tree. The foliage 
is of a decidedly yellowish tone of green. It seems likely to prove 
the most interesting of the red cedars. 
The Glaucous Red Cedar, y. znrgi7iia7ia glaiica ( y. cbm^- 
escc7isl ). — This is simply a variety of the common cedar, with 
decidedly bluish-green and abundant foliage, in pleasing contrast 
with the warm green of the preceding variety. 
The Compact Red Cedar, y. v. pyra777idalis, is a variety 
described as having an unusually fastigiate habit. 
The Variegated Red Cedar, y. v. variegata . — Of this we 
know nothing more than that its foliage is said to be “deeply 
variegated with a golden yellow.” 
The above, we believe, are the most noted varieties of our 
red cedar which have been honored with names, and all become 
medium-sized trees. 
The White Cedar, well known as a swamp timber tree, is 
classed by botanists with the cypress family as Cupressus thyoides, 
under which head it may be found. 
The English Juniper, y. C 077 i 7 nii 7 iis vulgaris, 
— This is a spreading, shrubby bush, usually from 
three to ten feet high, and generally of little beauty, 
though it sports occasionally into pleasing forms. 
The Swedish Juniper, y. suecica, a slenderly 
conical little tree, as shown by Fig. 177 , in which pe- 
culiarity it is only excelled by the Irish juniper. It is 
one of the most available slender evergreens for small places. 
Fig. 177. 
