THE NEWER EVERGREEN ORNAMENTAL TREES. 501 
the island of Barbadoes, and the Windward Islands, and 
S yn , erroneously cultivated by these three names, 
j. Barbadensis. by each of which we have it. We ob- 
it. Gossaintbania. n . i i 
serve from our returns, that this tree, under 
these three names, is also pretty generally cultivated at 
the principal nurseries in this country; and while J. Gossain- 
thania is generally considered perfectly hardy, and J. Bed- 
fordiana nearly as much so at Newport, Washington, and 
New Jersey, J. Barbadensis is reported as tender in the one 
or two places where tried, from which, it is evident, there is 
some confusion in the synonym. It is a pretty, graceful, slender 
tree, with drooping branches ; when fully grown, some fifty feet 
high. 
J. Californica (Californian juniper). — Is an extremely pretty, 
delicate variety from California, with glaucous leaves, attaining 
an altitude, in its native country, of forty feet. We received 
this variety from Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry two years since, 
and have not yet ventured it out. It is more rare in England 
than here, being classed among those of which little is known. 
J. Canadensis (Canadian or Common juniper). — This w 7 ell 
Syn. known species in our Northern States, and the 
j. depressa. northern parts of North America, Labrador, New- 
foundland, &c., is merely a bush, with a loose open 
head, from three to five feet high. It is sometimes confounded 
with the Dwarf juniper of Europe, but has a smaller and 
lighter foliage, with rather more of an upright tendency ; per- 
fectly hardy. 
J. Chinensis (Chinese juniper). — A very great acquisition, 
Sy^ from China and Japan, perfectly hardy with us 
j. Thumbergii. j n the m ost severe winters, and a most beautiful 
variety. It is dioecious, the male plant being 
distinguished with male flowers of a bright yellow color in 
the spring, and very showy when fully grown, attaining a 
height of fifteen to twenty feet. The female variety, known 
and sold also as J. Reevesiana , and J. Jiagelleformis , is rather 
smaller than the male ; berries small, of a glaucous violet brown 
when ripe. We strongly recommend these trees, especially 
the male, as being perhaps, the finest of the really hardy 
junipers. 
