Inventory 55, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate V. 



The Chinese Quince Tree. 'Chaenomeles sinensis 

 KOEHNE, S. P. I. No. 46130. J 



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A handsome ornamental park tree introduced into Europe from China as early as the eighteenth 

 century, now much grown on the Riviera. The tree shown is in the groimds of the American 

 Embassy in Tokyo. It is a long-lived species of quince bearing fruits sometimes as much as 

 7 inches in length with a very waxy highly scented skin. Frank N. Meyer, who secured the 

 seeds of S. 1'. I. No. 461.30 iii Ichang, China, reported that the fruits are only used by the 

 Chinese there as room perfumers and suggests the tree be tried as a stock for pears in the 

 Southern States. Possibly it may be useful for breeding purposes also. (Photographed by 

 F. N. Me3-er, Tokyo, Japan, September 14, 191.'>; P123.5.5FS.) 



