THE CANADIAN HORTICULTCKIST. 



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We are indebted to Messrs. Hance 

 and Borden, of Red Bank, New Jersey, 

 for the colored plate of this new quince 

 which accompanies this number. These 

 gentlemen were so favorably impress- 

 ed with the good quality of this variety 

 that they have undertaken its cultiva- 

 tion and dissemination, and to them we 

 are indebted for the above particulars 

 concerning its characteristics. Should 

 it prove to maintain in our climate the 

 good qualities which they state it has 

 shown in New Jersey of coming early 

 into bearing and continuing to yield 

 heavy crops of large, well formed, 

 highly colored, and highly flavored 

 fruit, it will be a most valuable acqui- 

 sition. 



The quince is most frequently used 

 for making a marmalade, by cooking 

 the fruit soft, crushing the pulp and 

 sweetening according to taste. Canned 

 quince is a favorite dish with many, re- 

 quiring only to be cooked soft before 

 adding the sugar, else the quince will 

 be made tough. Baked quinces are a 

 most delicious dish. The core should 

 be punched out, the space filled with 

 sugar, and the fruit then baked in a pan 

 containing just a little water. Eaten 

 with cream and sugar — well, if you 

 have never enjoyed this dish, there is a 

 most agreeable experience in store for 

 you. 



root survives and throws up strong 

 shoots the next summer, it does not 

 produce flowers. 



BIGNONIA RADICANS. 



Mr. T. H. Mackenzie has endeavored 

 to grow the Bignonia radicans at Dun- 

 das, but has only had it bloom once in 

 five years. The winters usually kill it 

 down to the ground, and although the 



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Collection No. 1 — One Chionodoxa 

 lucillse, one Lilium longiflorum, two 

 Frittillaria meleagris, two Spanish 

 Iris, and two Narcissus poeticus. 



No. 2 — Five Tulips, two Chinese 

 Peonias, one Spotted Calla, one Tiger 

 Lily. 



No. 3 — A collection of five diflferent 

 Lilies. 



No. 4 — A collection of five different 

 sorts of Iris. 



No. 5 — Two double and two single 

 Hyacinths, and three double and three 

 single Narcissus. 



No. 6 — Five herbaceous perennials 

 — Fraxinella, Dianthus, Japan Anem- 

 one, Japan Spirea, and Clematis erecta. 



No. 7 — Three hardy flowering shrubs 

 — Hydrangea paniculata, Spirea Van 

 Houtte, and Purple Fringe. 



No. 8 — A collection of twelve differ- 

 ent sorts of flower seeds. 



No. 9 — Four hardy Roses. 



No. 1 0— Four Tea Roses. 



No. 1 1 — Three Polyantha or minia- 

 ture Roses. 



No. 12 — Four Climbing Roses. 



No. 1 3 — Ten plants, to be ch6sen by 

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