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Japanese. It was introduced to the Royal Nursery at Bagshot, 

 in 1861, by Mr. Fortune. 



Retinispora pisifeua argentea. Fortune., the Silver Varie- 

 gated Pea-fruited Japan Cypress. 

 Another pretty variety, with some of the smaller branchlets 

 and leaves of a silvery white colour, intermixed all over the 

 plant. It is much cultivated in the gardens about Yeddo, and 

 other parts of the Island of Nippon, in Japan, and was first 

 introduced to the Royal Nursery at Bagshot by Mr. Fortune, 

 in the early part of 1861. 



Gen. SALISBURIA, Smith, the Maiden-Hair Tree. 



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 Salisburia ADTANTiroLiA, Smith, the Ginkgo Tree. 

 Syn. Salisburia Ginkgo, Salisbury. 

 The Japanese names for this tree are '^ Ginan" (deciduous 

 tree), and " Fusi-kin-go" (buds crowned with leaves in sum- 

 mer). The Chinese call it " Gink-go" (full of leafless buds in 

 winter), in addition to "Ginan," '^Quachow," and "Gin-ki-go" 

 (a tree without leaves in winter). 



Gen. SCIADOPITYS, Sitbold, the Parasol Fir. 



SciADopiTYS VERTiciLLATA, Siebold, the Whorl- leaved Parasol 



Fir. 

 The Parasol Fir, according to Mr. Fortune (who first sent 

 living plants of it to Mr. Standish of the Royal Nursery at 

 Bagshot, in 1861), is a large pyramidal tree with horizontal 

 spreading branches, which attains a height of from 100 to 150 

 feet, and from 10 to 11 feet in circumference, 3 feet from 

 the ground, and not a large bush or small tree from 12 to 15 

 feet high, as originally stated by Dr. Siebold, in his " Flora 

 Japonica." The Japanese, however,have severalvarieties, among 

 which some are dwarf bushes, others beautifully variegated, 



