Close-up of juniper (Juniperus) leaves and berries, ca.1920

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Title	Close-up of juniper (Juniperus) leaves and berries, ca.1920
Description	Photograph of a close-up of juniper (Juniperus) leaves and berries, ca.1920. The leaves are thick needle-like leaves.; "This group consists of evergreen shrubs and trees that are found wild throughout Europe, North America, Asia, the West Indies, Canary Islands, and eastern Africa. Some are hardy, some are small enough for the rock garden, some are good foundation plants, and some grow into trees of medium size. Junipers, as they are commonly called, are divided into two categories based on the kind of leaves they produce. The mature trees either has scale-like, leaves closely pressed against the branch, or needle-like, spreading leaves that are arranged loosely on the branch. The leaves are dark bluish-green and they stay on the branches for five or six years. The dark blue cones are small (one-quarter-inch diameter) and berry-like, each containing one or more hard seeds. The Junipers have other common names including Savin and Red Cedar, but the tree is really a Juniper and not a true Cedar. Junipers grow from 30 to 40 feet high with a diameter of 1 to 2 feet or more. The wood of the Junipers is fragrant and very durable. It is often used as fencing, but is of value for more important purposes. The wood of J. virginiana is sometimes called Pencil Cedar because its wood is used for making lead pencils. In the south of France, the wood of J. Oxycedrus is distilled for medicinal oil it contains. The oil is called 'Oil of cade', and it is used in the treatment of skin diseases." -- unknown author.
Subject (file heading)	Botany -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Botany
Coverage date	circa 1920
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1920
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Contributing entity	California Historical Society
Accession number	6043
Call number	CHS-6043
Microfiche number	1-82-215
Legacy record ID	chs-m17574; USC-1-1-1-14192; USC-1-1-1-14195
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-6043
Archival file	chs_Volume99/CHS-6043.tiff

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