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JOUENAIi OP HOKTICULTUKE AKD COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



[ Derembfr 6, 18C3. 



CEPHAIiOTAXUS FOETUNEI AJSJ) CEPHALOTAXUS DKUPACEA. 



Fig. 1. Female plant of CephalotaxuB Fortunei I 

 with its fleshy drupes. I 



Fig. 2. Section of fruit. 



Fit;. 4. Male catkin magoifiei. 



Fig. 3. Male plant with its infloreEcence in the 

 aKils uf the leaves. 



Ajbong the very many beautiful plants, for the intro- 

 duction of which into this country we ai-e indebted to the 

 skill, enterprise, and good taste of Mr. Fortune, there are 

 none which have more interested me, as an ardent admirer 

 and extensive cultivator of haa-dy evergreen trees and shrubs, 

 than the two species of Cephalotaxus, of which I now have 



the pleasure of sending you fi-uit-bearing specimens. One of 

 these is very appropriately named after its talented intro- 

 ducer, " Cephalotajois Fortunei," and the other " Cephalo- 

 taxus drupacea." 



Some confusion existed on the first appearance of these 

 remarkable plants, the former having been rather hastily 



