58 CONIFERS, 



is much superior to C. pedunculata, both in habit and 

 foliage ; for while the latter at least in all the plants 

 we have seen is of irregular growth, never forming a 

 decided leader, C. Fortuni, whether from a seed or 

 cutting, invariably produces a strong leading shoot, 

 and is regularly and symmetrically furnished with 

 branches. And of its hardiness there is no doubt. 

 During the late severe frosts and drying winds, when 

 the leaves of very many hardy evergreens were much 

 damaged by losing their crispness and colour, it was as 

 wholly unaffected as the Araucaria imbricata. The 

 foliage of this species, too, is very fine, and of a rich 

 deep green, the leaves averaging three inches long ; 

 they are arranged upon the branches in two parallel 

 opposite rows. In vigorous plants the branchlets will 

 often measure nearly seven inches across. Its very 

 noble appearance and distinct character will command 

 a place in all collections of hardy ornamental trees. 

 It grows in China from thirty to fifty feet high. 



(The Female.) 



Has the leaves shorter, narrower, and more closely 

 set than the male. The branches, too, are more rigid 

 and erect, and the colour of the foliage a paler green. 

 Handsome and distinct. 



CEPHALOTAXUS PEDUNCULATA. Siebold and Zuccarini. 



(Lord Harrington's Yew.) 

 SYN. Taxus Harringtonii. Gardens. 

 A spreading tree, with handsome foliage resembling 



