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. . . The Twisted Juniper of China 
I TS ORIGIN cloaked in true oriental 
mystery, its introduction covered in a 
Babel of names, China's Twisted funiper 
stands alone as one of the most note¬ 
worthy of the coniferous flora of California. 
Few plants in all the world can 
match the rugged individuality of 
this strange Juniper. Unconventional 
in the extreme, this handsome plant 
follows such an unpredictable course 
in growth that it would seem to be 
especially directed by the gods 
of its oriental ancestry to war 
on staid formality. Indeed, its 
bizarre and tortuous beauty 
intrigued amateur botanists so 
greatly that they led this exotic 
conifer into an onomastic 
jungle where it was nearly lost. 
Thanks to the untiring efforts 
of Kate O. Sessions of San 
Diego and Alice Eastwood of the Academy of Sciences in 
San Francisco, respectively Deans of Horticulture and 
Botany of the Pacific Coast, this splendid conifer at last has 
found its taxonomic position in the pasigraphical language 
of botany. 
Especially valuable to this state because of its ability to 
thrive in extremes of soils and temperature. Miss Sessions 
has termed it, "—the finest of all Junipers for California 
conditions." 
Of comparatively slow growth, its use in landscaping is 
limited only by the imagination. From planting as a single 
specimen to massing in a background, its perpetually ver¬ 
dant foliage enables it to preempt the highest of admiration 
in any garden. In addition it is a long lived and excellent 
tub plant for porch or patio. Planted as a specimen it prob¬ 
ably will reach thirty or forty feet in height. 
Truly a remarkable plant that will account well for itself 
in any position in any garden— 
JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS TORULOSA 
China's Twisted Juniper. 
