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C. Maulei (Mantis Quince). This differs 

 in its smaller growth, smaller foliage, spiny 

 branches, smaller flowers, and also in the 

 fruits, which are more deeply grooved, turn to 

 a bright golden colour with ruddy cheeks, and 

 are strongly scented. The plant has shown 

 far less variation than the Japan Quince, but 

 there are a few named forms, and other good 

 seedlings distinct in colour are now in cultiva- 

 tion. The best variety is stiperba, with flowers 



orange-scarlet flowers ; and grandiftora rosea, 

 of erect and slender growth, with rosy flowers 

 darker about the edges. 



Cydonia sinensis and C. cathayensis are 

 kinds of minor interest seen only in botanical 

 collections, but a word may be said as to 

 C. vulgaris, the Common Quince, a native of 

 Europe, which, though grown chiefly for its 

 fruits, is nevertheless a charming tree for the 

 lawn or near water, especially when old. In 



Flower-Spray of the Vranja Quince. 



of a deeper, richer colour than the bright orange- 

 scarlet of the parent. This is a beautiful shrub 

 of prostrate habit, covered with flowers in early 

 May, and pretty again in autumn when loaded 

 with its handsome apple-like fruits ; though 

 excellent in preserve, till cooked they are juice- 

 less and astringent. These plants grow in any 

 soil, and the flowers generally escape the late 

 frosts. Other good kinds are alba, with narrow 

 yellow petals set far apart, changing eventually 

 to white ; atrosanguinea, with flowers of a deep 

 blood-red ; grandiflora perfecta, a shrub of 

 strong growth, with glossy leaves and large 



spring it bears large blush-pink flowers, and 

 in autumn is again attractive with its large 

 golden fruits. The pear-shaped variety is the 

 most ornamental, the branches of well-laden 

 trees sweeping gracefully to the turf. 



FRUITING KINDS. Beside the older 

 varieties of Quince known for generations past, 

 there are now many improved forms. The 

 old Orange Quince, a round-shaped fruit of 

 deep colour was long the standard American 

 kind, but has now largely given place to flea's 

 Mammoth, with larger fruits of tender flesh, 

 free from the hardness and harshness of the 



