CHAP. CXIII.

coni'feige, 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 Carden being, in 1837, only 2 ft. high;the upper part of the plant so closely resemblingJ. phcenicea as scarcely to be distinguished from it,but the lower part with the leaves glaucous on bothsides, and -I-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.

I 11. .7. thuri'fera L. The incense-bearing, or Spanish, Juniper.

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

Synonymes. J. hisp&nica Mill. Diet., No. 13., Lam. Encyc. Diet. , 2. p. 626., N. Du Ham. t 6. p. 50.;

6’fedrus hisp&nica, &c., Tourn. Inst., p. 588.

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

Spec. Char., Sfc. 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, Src. 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. 6 d. each; at Bollwyller, 3 francs.

i 12. .7. exceT.s a Willd. The tall Juniper.

identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 852.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 413.; Laws . Mail., p. 399.;

Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. fit7. ; Royle 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., S;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, fyc. A very handsome and elegant tree, with an upright trunk,and slightly pendulous branches. Leaves opposite, imbricated in 4 rows, andhaying a raised line on the back. This species has a very extensive geogra-phical range. It was first discovered in Siberia , by Pallas; and it was intro-duced in 1806, by Sir Joseph Banks . Some years afterwards, it was discovered

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