Juniper

a genus of ornamental evergreen trees and shrubs. The junipers are closely related to the cypress and arbor vitae. They belong to the family of conifers, but, in place of a dry cone, the fruit is inclosed in a fleshy globe much like a berry. There are at least a score of junipers. The red cedar, with fragrant wood used for cabinets and lead pencils, is a juniper. The common juniper has dark blue fruit. It has a wonderful power of adapting itself to circumstances. In a protected locality with fair soil it becomes a tree forty feet high. On a rocky, windy bank, its branches lie on the ground and its crown may not attain a height of more than a foot or two. The junipers of the Pacific coast vary similarly in habit. See Conifers