CHAO. CXIII.

coni'ferte, juni'perus.

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and in the leaves being acute and less clustered. Native of the southof Europe, the Levant, and Siberia. It was cultivated in 1759, by Miller, whoreceived it from Spain and Italy. In its native climate it produces the resin-ous gum called olibanum, which has a strong smell,and a bitterish and somewhat pungent taste. Whenburned, it diffuses a fragrant smell, and is supposedto be the incense which was used by the ancientsin their religious ceremonies (though not the sameas the substance known by that name in the shops.)

It is much employed by the Roman Catholics, in theirchurches, for similar purposes. It is used in medicine,as an astringent. The only plants that we have seenof it were quite young; that in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden being, in 1837, only 2ft. high;the upper part of the plant so closely resembling.7. phoenicea as scarcely to be distinguished from it,but the lower part with the leaves glaucous on bothsides, and 4-rowed. There is a large plant at Boy-ton, of which we have received specimens from Mr.

Lambert, and the shoots of which were covered witha white resinous matter, like minute scales. Mr. Lam-bert describes his plant as hardy, very much branched,and 6 ft. or 8 ft. high. It is the only plant, he says, which he has seen ofthe species.

t 11. ,7. tiiuriTera L. The incense-bearing, or Spanish, Juniper.

Identification. Lin. Sp., 1471. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4 p. 851. j Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 413.; Mart.Mill., 1.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Synonymes. J. hispanica Mill. Diet., No. 13., Lam. Encyc. Diet. ,2. p. 626., N. Du Ham. ,6. p. 50. j6'fcdrus hispanica, &c., Tourn. Inst., p. 588.

Engraving. Fig. 2369., from a specimen received from Mr. Lambert.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves imbricate in 4 rows, acute.

( Willd.) A tree, a native of Spain and Portugal;cultivated in 1752, by Miller; and flowering in Mayand June.

Description, fyc. An evergreen low tree, growing tothe height of from 25 ft. to 30 ft., and sending outmany branches, so as to form a pyramidal head. Theleaves are acute, and lie over each other in four rows,so as to make the branches appear four-cornered. Ber-ries very large, and black when ripe. There is a treeat Mr. Lambert’s seat at Boyton, which, in 1837, was28ft. high, with a trunk 9in. in diameter; one atBagshot Park, 12 years old, which is 12ft. high; andone at Croome, 40 years planted, which is 30 ft. high : there are also plants inthe Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in the Fulham Nursery, in both places3 ft. high. Price of plants, in London, 3s. 6d. each; at Bollwyller, 3 francs.

J 12. .7. kxce'lsa Willd. The tall Juniper.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 852.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 413.; Laws. Man., p. 399.;

Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 647.; Hoyle Illust.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; Bon Jard., ed. 1837.Synonymes. J. Sabina var. Pall. Ross. , 2. p. 15.; Himalaya Cedar-wood.

Engraving. Fig. 2370., from a plant about 2ft. high.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves opposite, somewhat obtuse, with a central gland;4-ranked and imbricate ; slender, acute, disposed in threes, and spreading.Stem arboreous. {Willd.) A tall evergreen tree. Introduced in 1806.Description, $c. A very handsome and elegant tree, with an upright trunk,and slightly pendulous branches. Leaves opposite, imbricated in 4 rows, andhaving a raised line on the back. This species has a very extensive geogra-phical range. It was first discovered in Siberia, hy Pallas; and it was intro-duced in 1806, by Sir Joseph Banks. Some years afterwards, it was discovered