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troduced into England, many years subsequently, by Mr. For- 
tune, from the celebrated tea country “ Wheychou,” in the 
north of China. It is described as attaining a height of sixty 
feet, with horizontal branches, sweeping upwards with its grace- 
ful curves and dropping again at the points. We observe, from 
our returns, it has been tried in many parts of the United 
States, but, so far, has only succeeded well at Augusta, Ga., 
where both Messrs. Berckmans and Mr. Redmond report most 
favorably as to its hardihood ; with us it has succeeded but in- 
differently, though having had every advantage from poor soil 
and a protecting wood. Even in Washington, it is too tender 
to be relied on. 
C. Lawsoniana (Lawson’s cypress), the most beautiful of 
the cypresses, if not of trees, raised from seed in 1857, collected 
and sent to England by Mr. Murray. It grows one hundred 
feet high, and is found along the banks of streams and in the 
vallies of the mountains of Northern California, in latitude 40° 
to 42°. 
There is one very distinctive characteristic about it, which 
we have observed, and by which it can readily be recognized, 
the drooping of the leading shoots like the Deodar. The tops 
of the branches hang down like an ostrich feather. It is said 
to resemble the C. Nutkaensis ( Thuiopsis Borealis ), described 
above, but our plants are much more slender and graceful. 
We have strong hopes this charming evergreen may be 
acclimatized. Our trees are out for their first winter. It 
is also on trial at Cincinnati. It is still very rare and ex- 
pensive ; small plants, eight to ten inches high, costing a 
guinea. 
Dacrydium. Dacrydium. 
A very rare genus, found only in New Zealand and the East 
Indies, and so tender as hardly worth while being mentioned, 
except that a new variety, lately introduced into England, 
promises to be hardy there, and may consequently be in certain 
parts of the United States. This variety, B. Franklinii (Huon 
pine), is found in Van Dieman’s Land, and becomes a tree of 
one hundred feet high, thickly covered with spray ; the branches 
