. The book of evergreens, a practical treatise on the coniferae, or cone-bearing plants. Evergreens; Coniferae. THE CYPRESS SUB-FAMILY. 297 distantly disposed, sproadino; or glaucous-green in color. Branches numerous, s^^^'C^ding, incurved, catkins very- numerous, bright yellow color, and covering the plant with their golden hued pollen at maturity. JBertile pla)it, leaves, small,scale-formed, loose- ly imbricated, and plac- ed binately. Branch- es, numerous, spread- ing;, drooping, somewhat elender. Fruit small, variable in shape, gener- ally oblong, or spherical, one or two seeded, and of a
. The book of evergreens, a practical treatise on the coniferae, or cone-bearing plants. Evergreens; Coniferae. THE CYPRESS SUB-FAMILY. 297 distantly disposed, sproadino; or glaucous-green in color. Branches numerous, s^^^'C^ding, incurved, catkins very- numerous, bright yellow color, and covering the plant with their golden hued pollen at maturity. JBertile pla)it, leaves, small,scale-formed, loose- ly imbricated, and plac- ed binately. Branch- es, numerous, spread- ing;, drooping, somewhat elender. Fruit small, variable in shape, gener- ally oblong, or spherical, one or two seeded, and of a peculiar dark violet color, with a glaucous bloom. The Chinese Juniper, ns commonly known in our nurseries, is the male form, J. Chijtensis mas of Linnaeus, and is a large conical shaped shrub, attaining the height of 15 or 20 feet at maturity. The branches are very numerous, up- right, and inclined to spreading, with various- ly shaped leaves. When in bloom, it is very beautiful; the great pro- fusion of flowers shed their pollen in such large quantities that the shrub is often completely overspread with the golden-tinted 13*. Fig. 39.—JUXIPERrS CHINENSIS, STERILE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hoopes, Josiah, 1832-1904. New York O. Judd
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