512 THE RASFBERRY. 



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 shrubs. They are the following : 



4. JAPAN QUINCE. 



Cydonia Japonica. Dec. 

 Pyrus Japonica. Thunberg. 



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

 green leaves. It is the most brilliant object in the shrubbery, 

 during the month of April, the branches being clothed with 

 numerous clusters of blossoms, shaped like those of the quince, 

 but rather larger, and of the brightest scarlet. The fruit which 

 occasionally succeeds these flowers, is dark green, very hard, 

 and having a peculiar and not unpleasant smell. It is entirely 

 useless. 



The WHITE, or BLUSH JAPAN QUINCE (C. jap.fl. atbo), resem- 

 bles the foregoing, except that the flowers are white and pale 

 pink, resembling those of the common apple-tree. 



5. CHINESE QUINCE. 

 Cydonia Sinensis. Dec. 



We have had this pretty shrub in our garden for several 

 years, where it flowers abundantly, but has, as yet, produced 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 odour, and have a very pretty 

 effect in the month of May, though much less showy than those 

 of the Japan Quince. The fruit is described as large, egg- 

 shaped, with a green skin and a hard dry flesh, not of any 

 value for eating. The leaves assume a beautiful shade of red 

 in autumn. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



THE RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY 



1. THE RASPBERRY 



Rubus Idceus, 4 : Rosacece, of botanists. 



fYamboisier, of the French ; Himbeerestrauch, German ; Framboos> 

 Dutch ; Rova ideo, Italian ; and Frambueso, Spanish. 



THE Raspberry is a low deciduous shrub, which in several 

 forms is common in the woods of both Europe and America. 



