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and numerous flowers, give it a rich and striking appearance, especially 
in early spring. It is difficult to unite with its congeners by grafting ; 
but, if it could be grafted standard high on the pear, the hawthorn, 
or even on the common quince, it would form a most delightful little 
‘tree. Jt has ripened fruit both as a bush, and. against a wall; but the 
fruit, even when ripe, is unfit to eat, though it has so fragrant a smell as to 
induce some persons to keep it among their clothes. Tbe plant is readily 
propagated by layers or suckers, and it also grows by cuttings. Im the 
Romance of Nature, a very elegant work on flowers, by Miss Twamley, the 
authoress, speaking of this shrub, calls its flowers “ fairy fires,” 
“That gleam and glow amid the wintry scene, 
Lighting their ruddy beacons at the sun, 
To melt away the snow. See how it falls 
In drops of crystal from the glowing spray, 
Wreathed in deep-erimson buds —the fairy fires,” 
Varieties. 
% €. 7. 2 flore dlbo has. cream-coloured, or very pale red, flowers, aad 
forms. a very distinct kind when in blossom, 
x €. 7. 3 ff. semi-pléno has red flowers, somewhat semidouble. There 
are plants of this kind in the Kensington Nursery. 
Statistics. Yn the environs of London, trained against a wall, it is, in various places, from 12 ft. 
to 15.ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 20 years planted, it is 15 ft. high against a wall. In 
Scotland, it grows, and flowers freely, against a wall at Thainston, in Aberdeenshire; at Gordon 
Castle, in Banffshire; at Coul, in Ross and Cromarty ; and at Dunrobin Castle, in Sutherlandshire. 
It grows well, and flowers freely, in every part of freland. 
App. i. Other Species of Cydonia. 
C. Sumbéshia Hamilt. in D; Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 237., and Don’s Mill., 2. p. 650., is a native of 
Nepal, with cordate entire leaves, and fruit attenuated at the base, like that of the Cyddnia vulgaris. 
App. I. Half-hardy Species of Resdcee, § Pomee, not belonging 
to any of the Genera containing hardy Species. 
Raphidlepis (from. raphis,a needle, and /epis, a scale ; in reference to the nar- 
row subulate bracteas, Lindl.) is a genus the species of which are evergreen 
trees or shrubs, natives of China, with crenulated, coriaceous, reticulated leaves, 
end terminal racemes of white flowers. Judging from 
the species already in the country, they are probably 
all tolerably hardy. 
R. indica Lindl. in Lin. Trans, 13. p. 105., Dee. 
Prod., ii. p. 630., and Don’s Mill., ii. p..601.; Cra- 
te‘sus indica L., Bot. Mag., t. 1726., and our fig. 653.; 
is a native of India and China, introduced in 1806, 
which will stand in the open air, in warm sheltered 
situations, near London, as a bush; but which is 
safest when grown against a wall. In its native coun- 
try it forms a low tree; but in British gardens it is 
an evergreen shrub, flowering from February to August. 
Dr. Sims considers it to bear considerable affinity in 
habit to Ameldnchier vulgaris and A. Botryapium. (Bot. 
Mag., t. 1726.) There are plants of it in the Botanic 
Garden at Kew, which have stood out since 1823; 
and in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, which 
were planted out in 1831. 
R. salicifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 651., and our fig. 654., is a native of China, with lanceolate leaves, 
which was introduced in 1824, and which has stood out in the Botanic Garden at Kew since 1898. 
R. ribra Lindl. Coll., No. 3. t. 3., Don’s Mill., 2. p. 602. ; Crate ‘gus rivbra Lous. ; Méspilus sinénsis 
Poir.; is a native of China and Cochin-China, with ovate-lanceolate leaves, and reddish flowers. It 
is said to be a tree growing to the height of 30 ft. It was introduced in 1820, and is' probably as hard 
as the coher species, A plant inthe Horticultural Society’s Garden has stood out against a wall 
since ; 
R. pheostémon Lindl, Coll., No. 3., and Don’s Mill., 2. p. 601.; R. indica Bot. Reg., t. 468. ; is a 
native of China, with lanceolate leaves, white petals, and brown filaments. It is said to have been 
ntroduced in 1820; but we have not seen the plant. / ; 

