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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
Cupressus fuxebris, Endlicher. Funebral, or Weeping Cypress (Paxt. Fl. Gard ., i. 47). —Hat. Ord., Pinaceae 
§ Cupresseae.—Syn., C. pendula, Staunton. —A large evergreen coniferous tree, perfectly hardy, and extremely 
elegant in its growth. Mr. Fortune describes 
it as having a perfectly straight stem, sixty feet 
in height, with branches growing at first hori¬ 
zontally, then taking a graceful curve upwards, 
the points drooping like a weeping - willow : 
these weeping branches are long and slender, 
giving to the entire tree an extremely graceful 
weeping form. The branchlets are two-edged, 
much branched, fem-like in appearance, covered 
with bright green adpressed leaves, closely im¬ 
bricated in four rows. This tree will be parti¬ 
cularly valuable “ for park scenery, lawns, the 
entrance to suburban villas; and an appropriate 
ornament to the resting-places of the dead.” 
From Chinese Tartary. Introduced in 1849 
by Mr. Fortune. Messrs. Standish and Hoble, 
of Bagshot. 
Juxiperus spiuerica, Lindley. Globe-fruited 
Juniper (Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. p. 58).—Hat. Ord., 
Pinaceae § Cupresseae.—An evergreen tree, said 
to grow from thirty to fifty feet in height. The 
branches are clothed with scale-like obtuse 
leaves, arranged in four rows, and having a 
circular pit at the back; the young branches 
are usually very slender, and four-cornered from 
the regular disposition of the leaves. The fruit 
is quite spherical, glaucous, shortly pedunculate, 
and about half as large as the hall of a pocket 
pistol. From the north of China. Introduced 
by Mr. Fortune in 1850. Messrs. Standish and 
Hoble, of Bagshot. 
Abies jezoexsis, Siebold. Jezo Spruce Fir 
(Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. 42).—Hat. Ord., Pinaceae § 
Abieteae.—A large evergreen, probably hardy 
tree, having the young branches covered with 
rusty down, the older ones smooth. The leaves 
grow in two rows, and are brilliant green, 
about an inch and a quarter long, and a line 
and a half wide, terminated, when mature, by 
a spine. The cones are pendulous, narrow ta¬ 
pering, about six inches long, the scales loose, 
broad, rounded, and convex, having at then base, 
a short roundish slightly serrated bract. From 
Japan. Introduced in 1849. Messrs. Standish 
and Hoble, of Bagshot. 
Bhipsaeis pachyptera, Pfeiffer. Thick¬ 
winged Bhipsalis (Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. 155).— 
Hat. Ord., Cactaceae § Bhipsalidae. — Syn., 
Cereus elatus, Link and Otto. A small trailing 
succulent stove shrub, with leafy joints, round¬ 
ish ovate compressed, nearly flat, hanging down, 
deeply crenated. The flowers are small, pale 
brownish yellow, sessile, and solitaiy from 
each crenature; they are succeeded by small 
berries, about the size and colour of a red cur- 
r nt. From Brazil: Bio de Janeiro. Intro¬ 
duced in 1839. Flowers in April. Sir C. 
Lemon, Bart. 
1. Cupressus funebris. 
2. Juniperus sphcerica. 
