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not in stature, yet in its lastingnefs; and such, I think, the learnedDr. Sloane mentions growing in Jamaica , little inferior to the Bermudas.
2. Of Juniper we have three or four sorts, male, female, dwarf;whereof one is much taller and more fit for improvement. The wood
Tourn. Inst. Spanish cedar.
The Spanish Cedar grows plentifully in the country from whence it derives its name, andis itself a regular growing tree, rising in a conical form, if the branches are untouched, to theheight of thirty feet or more. The leaves are imbricated, and lie over each other four ways ;they are acute, and of a fine green colour: From these properties only an idea of a fine treemay be had. The flowers are insignificant to a common observer, but they are succeededby berries which make a good show when ripe; they are very large, and of a fine blackcolour, and adorn the young branches in great plenty.
4. JUNIPERUS (lycia ) foliis ternis undique imbricatis ovatis obtusis. Lin. Sp. PL147 1 . Juniper with aval blunt leaves placed by threes , which every where lie over each other. Cedrus ,folio Cuprefsi, media, majoribus baccis. C. B. P. 487. Middle Cedar , with a Cyprejs leafand larger berries. The lycian cedar.
The Lycian Cedar grows naturally in the country so called, and' is as common in Spain as theformer sort. It will rise to the height of about twenty-five feet, The branches havenaturally an upright position, and their bark is of a reddish hue. The leaves are everywhere imbricated, obtuse, and of an oval figure. They resemble those of the Cyprefs, andare very beautiful. The flowers are succeeded by large oval berries, of a brown colour, andare produced in plenty from the sides of the younger branches all over the tree. Theresinous gum, called Olibanum , is the produce of this tree: When burnt upon live coals,it sends forth a most agreeable smell, which induces me to think that it might be thefrankincense of the Jews . The T. hus, or frankincense of the shops, is a very different sub-stance from this, being a concrete on the surface of the terebinthinate juice of the Pine thatproduces the Terebinthina communis.
5. JUNIPERUS (PHG.KICIA) foliis ternis obliteratis imbricatis obtusis. Lin. Sp. 1471.Juniper with leaves placed by threes , which are obliterate , obtuse, and lying over each other. Cedrus folio Cuprefsi major, fructu flavescente. C. B. P. Greater Cedar with a Cyprefs leaf andyellowish fruit. The pihenician cedar.
The Phoenician Cedar seldom grows higher than twenty feet, and is a beautiful upright tree,forming a kind of pyramid, if untouched, from the bottom. It has both ternate andimbricated leaves; the under ones grow by threes, and spread open; and the upper ones areobtuse, and lie over each other like the Cyprefs. The flowers are produced from the endsof the branches; and the fruit that succeeds them is rather small, and of a yellow colour.—