530. It is the wood of this tree with which we are so familiar under the name of Cedar, though belonging to a different genus. The juniper is common as a shrub in all the northern parts of Europe. On the sides of hills its trunk grows long, but on the tops of rocky mountains and in bogs it is merely a tufted shrub. The wood of the juniper is hard and durable. The bark is so tenacious that it may be formed into ropes, and the berries are used for imparting the peculiar flavour to gin.

531. The species called the Brown-berried Cedar (Juniperus oxycedrus) is a native of Spain, the south of France, and the Levant. The wood of this species is supposed to have been the famous cedar of the ancients, so much cele-brated for its durability, and of which they made their statues before the use of marble was known in that branch of the arts.