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Creeping Junipers in the Nursery 
Japanese Juniper 
(Juniperus japonica) 
HE famous Arnold Arboretum in one of 
their bulletins says of this tree, “This is 
the best known of the Prostrate Junipers 
which Japan has sent to the gardens of America. 
It is a plant with wide-spreading, creeping stems, 
bluish green. It has sharply pointed leaves, 
marked on the upper surface by two white lines. 
It is perfectly hardy.”’ Very old plants will reach 
a considerable diameter. It is not uncommon to 
find specimens six to eight feet across, with a 
height of only eight to twelve inches. It may, 
however, be maintained at a smaller size by trim- 
HIS interesting form of the Japanese ming the branches. 
Juniper was discovered in the Hill Nur- For covering a bank or terrace they provide a 
sery, a part of a shipment obtained from beautiful carpet of Evergreen foliage throughout 
Japan many years ago. It is an extremely the year. In the rock garden or around a pool 
dwarf and slow growing form, making an these trees find their greatest usefulness in land- 

Japanese Juniper 
Hill Japanese Juniper 
(Juniperus japonica nana) 

impenetrable mat of blue-green foliage, scaping. They cling to and overhang the rocks in 
smaller and finer than the usual form. In lo- the most graceful manner. When used as a 
cations where trees of extreme dwarf habit are ground cover, always plant a group of several 
desired, thisis a tree which we can recommend. trees, allowing about 3 feet between plants. 
Hill Japanese Juniper 
Andorra Juniper 
(Juniperus 
communis depressa plumosa) 
NEW low-growing spreading dwarf 
Evergreen of most distinctive color and 
graceful form—a beautiful silvery green 
in the spring, turning to a silvery purple or 
pinkish shade in the autumn, as shown in our 
colored picture, giving a combination of color- 
ing not found in any other tree of this type. 
It does not cling so closely to the ground as 
some of the creeping forms. It lifts its branches 
about 15 to 18 inches off the ground and for this 
reason fills a somewhat different need in land- 
scaping. 
It is very useful to fill in at the base of taller 
growing Evergreens, good for foundation 
groups, for terraces and for rock gardens. It 
is of particular interest in this way on account 
of its charming and unusual color. Andorra Juniper in foreground and Silver Redcedar in background 
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