9 GO THE RASPBERRY. 



orange quiuce, of the same form and color, fair and handsome, and 

 equally as good, and by some preferred to the apple quince for culinary 

 purjjoses. Tree healthy, a thrifty growei-, and moderately productive — 

 an acquisition. 



Ornamental Varieties. — There are two or three ornamental varieties 

 of the Quince, which are natives of China and Japan, and are now among 

 the most common and attractive of our garden shrnbs. They are the 

 following :— 



Chinese Quince. 



We have had this jiretty shrub in our garden for several years, 

 whei'e it flowers abundantly, but has as yet px'oduced no fruit. The 

 leaves are oval, somewhat like those of the common Quince, but with a 

 shining surface. The flowers are rosy red, rather small, with a delicate 

 violet odor, and have a very pretty eflect in the month of May, though 

 much less showy than those of the Japan Quince. The fruit is described 

 as large, egg-sha[)ed, with a green skin and a hard dry flesh, not of any 

 value for eating. The leaves assimie a beautiful shade of red in autumn. 



Japan Quince. 

 Cydonia Japonica. Pyrus Japonica. 



The Japan Quince is a low thorny shrub, with small dark green 

 leaves. It is the most brilliant object in the shrubbery' duiingthe 

 month of April, the branches being clothed with numeroiis clusters of 

 blossoms, shaped like those of the Quince, but rather larger, and of the 

 brightest scarlet. The fruit which occasionally succeeds these flowei-s is 

 dark green, very hard, and having a peculiar and not unpleasant smeil. 

 It is entirely useless. 



The White, or Blush Japan Quince ( C. jap.Jl. alho) resembles the 

 foregoing, except that the flowers are white and pale pink, reseml>ling 

 those of the common apple-tree. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



the raspberry. 



Rvbvs Idcem, 4 ; Rosaeca\ of botanists 



Framboisier, of the French ; Himbeertif ranch. German ; Framboos^ Dutc • ; J^om 



ideo, Italian ; and Frambitcm^ Spanish. 



The Raspberry is a low deciduous shrub, which in several forms is 

 common in the woods of both Europe and America. The large-fruited 

 varieties most esteemed in our gardens have all originated from the long 

 cultivated Ituhus Tdoius^ or Mount Ida bramble, which appears first to 

 have been introduced into the gardens of tlie South of Europe from 

 Mount Ida. It is now quite naturalized in some parts of this covmtry. 



