The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all the characters of an aged cedar of Lebanon.

fortuniana also serves as a valuable rootstock in Australia and the southern regions of the United States. By Robert Fortune. 2012.

Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist plant hunter and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India.