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flat, stiff, short branchlets, and small, imbricated, persist- 

 ent-scaled, acute buds. Fruit, nearly 1 inch in length, 

 elliptical, purple color, enclosing a solitary seed with a 

 bony testa. 



This pretty evergreen, long known and disseminated as 

 the female form of the C. Fortunii of Hooker, is now 

 proven, however, to be a distinct species. It grows to the 

 height of 20 or 30 feet, and is a native of China and Japan. 

 We have grown this plant for several years, and find it 

 quite desirable ; we presume it is more hardy than the O. 

 Fortunii, to which it is closely allied. It has given excel- 

 lent satisfaction in many other localities where it has been 

 cultivated, especially around Philadelphia, at Laurel Hill 

 Cemetery, &c. At the latter place, in the small family 

 enclosures, we thought it particularly appropriate. 



In the grounds of the late John Evans, of Radnor, Pa., 

 is a fine plant, that, from some unknown cause, has formed 

 a low, spreading, straggling bush, although it is entirely 

 hardy there, and annually perfects its flowers, and retains 

 the brilliancy of its foliage unimpaired. This peculiarity 

 of form may be owing in a great measure to the effects of 

 our severe winters upon the leading shoots at a time when 

 the plant was young and tender. 



In its native country it forms a medium-sized tree, with 

 long, spreading branches, disposed mostly in regular whorls. 

 Although the leaves are naturally of a dark shining green, 

 they nevertheless present to the American cultivator a 

 pale yellowish-green color in most instances not a sickly 

 hue, but a charming shade of verdure that contrasts pret- 

 tily with such shades of green as are natural to the Yew, 

 and some of the trailing Junipers. 



The fruit is said to be particularly handsome, resembling 

 large purple plums in size and color. 



2. Fortunii, Hooker. FORTUNE'S CEPHALOTAXUS. 

 Syn. C. Fortunii pendula, Carriers; C. Fortunii mas, 

 Hort. Leaves very long, linear, inclining to lanceolate, 



