560 EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS . 
growing to the height of ten to thirty feet, and in diameter about 
one-fourth its height. 
The Dwarf Swedish Juniper, y . s. nana , is like its prototype 
in foliage, but forms only a very diminutive low bush. 
Fir 178. The Irish Juniper. J. hibernica. — Fig. 178. This 
i is, we believe, the most slender and fastigiate of all 
evergreens; and is therefore peculiarly useful on 
il small places, where, while occupying a miminum of 
ffl space, it is conspicuous by its height; and by its 
ifl vertical growth breaks with pleasant contrasts, when 
not too frequently repeated, the level lines of lawns 
and terraces. The foliage is somewhat darker than that of the Swe¬ 
dish juniper. It suffers occasionally from the sun in summer, and 
where practicable should not be planted where there will be a 
reflection of southerly light upon it. Though generally considered 
hardy, it is advisable to mulch over the roots, and bundle the top 
every winter in the interior, north of the latitude of New York. This 
may not be necessary to insure its life, but adds so much to the 
brightness of the foliage in the spring that it should be practiced if 
for that reason alone; but should also be done to save it from real 
danger in unusually severe winters. The slenderness of its form 
makes it very easy to bind with straw. There is a variety of this 
tree, the J. robusta , that is said to be more uniformly healthy and 
vigorous than the common sort. 
The Caucasian Juniper, y. oblonga , is a straggling bush with 
slender drooping branchlets. Height five or six feet. Quite 
hardy, but probably inferior in all respects to the following: 
The Oblong Weeping Juniper. J. oblonga pendula. —A 
Japanese variety, considered by competent observers who have been 
well acquainted with its growth since it was introduced into this 
country, about fifteen years ago, to be the most interesting of all 
the Junipers. Its form is what the name implies. The pendulous¬ 
ness is in its small twigs only. Color of foliage a warm light-green. 
Breadth about two-thirds the height, which at maturity is about 
