Plants Named After Robert Fortune
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- Hosta fortunei
- Keteleeria fortunei
- Mahonia fortunei
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Famous quotes containing the words plants, named, robert and/or fortune:
“What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn’t see Negroes hanging from its branches.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“The mighty river flowing dark and deep,
With ebb and flood from the remote sea-tides
Vague-sounding through the City’s sleepless sleep,
Is named the River of the Suicides;”
—James Thomson (1834–1882)
“So far as I am concerned, dear, I promise you that very soon I’ll settle down again and write another long three-volume novel, suitable for the most genteel of young women.”
—Jan Read. Robert Day. James Rankin (Boris Karloff)
“You can marry Lorraine, my fortune will be restored to her, and you can live contentedly together ever after. Now that’s a proper ending to a story, isn’t it?”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)