. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. I20 The Junipers round-topped, but when perfectly developed the lower branches become some- what pendulous. The bark is shallowly split into narrow, flat ridges, covered with long somewhat fibrous scales of a reddish brown or reddish gray color. The twigs are slender, 4-sided, becoming round, the smooth bark becoming scaly after the leaves fall away. The leaves are opposite, varying from dark green to pale green and glauc
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. I20 The Junipers round-topped, but when perfectly developed the lower branches become some- what pendulous. The bark is shallowly split into narrow, flat ridges, covered with long somewhat fibrous scales of a reddish brown or reddish gray color. The twigs are slender, 4-sided, becoming round, the smooth bark becoming scaly after the leaves fall away. The leaves are opposite, varying from dark green to pale green and glaucous, closely appressed, sharp or taper-pointed, entire on the mar- gin, rounded and faintly or distinctly glandular on the back. The staminate flowers are oblong, about 2 rmn. long, consisting of 8 to 10 stamens, with entire coimectives broader than long. The pistillate flowers have few sharp or taper- pointed, widely-spreading scales. The fruit ripens in the autumn of the second season, is globose, 6 to 8 mm. in diameter, smooth or slightly marked by the tips of the scales, bright blue with a whitish bloom; the flesh is sweet and resi- nous; seeds one or mostly 2, ovoid, about 4 mm. long, sharp-pointed, conspicu- ously angled, brown and shining. The wood is similar to that of the Northern red cedar, but much less valuable. The Shrubby red ce- dar, Juniperus prostrata Alton, is a depressed shrub Fig. Mountain Red Cedar. seldom more than I meter high with foliage much hke that of the Northern red cedar, from which it can readily be distinguished, however, by its light blue fruit, 8 to 10 mm. in diame- ter, borne on recurved branchlets 4 to 6 mm. long. It grows on banks from Nova Scotia to northern New York, Montana and British Columbia, and has been confused with the European Juniperus Sahina Linnaeus. The Bermuda red cedar, Juniperus bermudiana Linnaeus, is a characteristic tree of the Bermuda islands and is endemic there. It grows on hillsides and along the borders o
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