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When you descend into the garden's section A, to the corner by your
right is a 40 foot tall Chinese Juniper, with big, pale berries. It is
pollinated by a 50 foot male of the same species further along the path
leading to Benson Hall. So many of us think of junipers as shrubs that
it is good to see they can be real trees. Chinese juniper is about as
important as any juniper in forestry or ornamental horticulture. It has
weaker odor than many, and can be either prickly or smooth in its foliage.
Another kind of juniper, called by the French "genièvre," had its
berries used to flavor the beverage that became known as gin.
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![[Chinese Juniper Tree]](/home/treetour/graphics/79chinju.jpg)
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