CYDONIA 



trees, sometimes spiny : Ivs. petioled, deciduous or 

 semi-persistent, alternate, stipulate, serrate or entire : 

 fls. white or red, rather large, solitary or in few-fld. 

 clusters; petals 5; stamens numerous : fr. aromatic, a 

 large 5-celled pome, each cell containing many seeds. 

 Four species in Asia from Turkestan to Jap. Ornamen- 

 tal shrubs, nearly hardy north except C. Sinensis, 



CYMBIDIUM 



427 



be grown 



t^. Ja 



ica and Mau- 



„^ _. . , ludant as..in 



e;uiv'"i"ri'ii;;". viiryiii^' '" -iH ^IkhI'-^ I'<'""i pure white to 

 d'fi'P ^r'lrirt ari' iTi-liIv .l.T.,rat ivc-, and especially 

 adai.ti'd f"i- l".r(l.-i's..c"slirnl.l)i-ri.>s and for low ornamen- 

 tal hedges. The fr. of all species can be made into con- 

 serves, but usually only C. vuhjaris, a species of less 

 decorative value, is grown for this purpose. The 

 Quinces thrive in almost any soil, but require sunny 

 position to bloom abundantly. Prop, by seeds usually 

 stratified and sown in spring; C. Japonica and C. 

 Maulei are readily increased by root-cuttmgs made in 

 fall or early spring, and rarer kinds or less vigorous- 

 growing varieties are u'raftc-d in the greenhouse in early 

 spring, on stock of tin- -lapano^.- or i-onimon ^oinii'e; 

 they grow also from ninnii;^ of liall-ri|H in-a ..r mariy 

 matui-e wood, undor uia-s and froni layors. f. mhiaris 

 (the Quince) is mostly in.Tfaso.l l.y outtll,^'s .d 1-4- 

 year-old wood, taken in full and stored until spring m 

 sand or moss in a cellar or frame; also by layers and 

 budding, or by grafting on vigorous growing varieties. 

 See Quince. 



short leafy tyranchlets , with re- 

 alyx lobes: stipules small. (Cydo- 



FU. 



'proper.) 



Linn. 



vulgaris, Pers. {P)rus Ciidoni: 

 Fig. tiaO. Shrub or small tno, Willi sl.ndir 

 branches: Ivs. oval or oblon-. i"Oiid. .1 .-r si 

 date at the base, acute, eniii., \iI1mii,iiu1i 

 neath, 2-1 in. long: fls. whito orli-hr pink, li 

 fr. laryr. vrllow, villous, pyrifonii oi- [^loPn 

 Cont. and' i:. Asia.-Var. Lusitanica, .Mill., i 

 v,:;oro,i, -r,,wtli, with larger Ivs. and fr. p. 

 and rlM.o.l. \'ar. mallf6rmis has applo sliaji.' 

 pyrii6rmisii.ai-sliapod fr. Var. marmorata, 

 whitish lin.l yi^Ilow valir-ati'd Ivs. ^.t also 



Sinensis, TlioniiM/V,,v,.s Co/Zoii/.'/iMx, Hem,- 



at both 

 when y 

 across : 

 China. 



ids, sharply and Uuilv senate, villous Uoueam 

 lug, 2-3 in. long : lis. light pink, about l.^in. 

 fr. dark yellow, oblong, 4-G in. long. May. 

 !.R. 11:90.5. R.H. 1889:228. A.G. 12:16. -The 

 me a scarlet fall coloring. Not hardy north of 

 Philadelphia, except in favored localities. See Quince. 



ovoid, 1^-2 in. high, yellowish green. March, April. 

 China, Jap. K.B. 1:260. L.B.C. 16:1594. Gn. 50:106.- 

 Many garden forms in all shades from white to deep 

 scarlet, and also with double fls. Some of the best are 

 the following: Var. 41ba, Lodd., fls. white, blushed. 

 L.B.C. 6:541. Var. atrosanguinea pl6na, deep scarlet, 



636. Twig of Common Qu 

 Cydonia vulgaris {"■■ 

 .Showing where the fruit was borne a 



AA. Fls. in leafless clusters, nearly sessile, before or 



with the Ivs.: calyx, lobes erect, entire : stipules 



large. (Chmnomeles.) 



Jap6moa, Pers. (P^rus Japdniea, Thunbg. Chccno- 



miles Japdniea, Lindl.). Japan Quince. Japonica. 



Fig. 637. Shrub, 3-6 ft., with spreading, spiny branches: 



Ivs. ovate or oblong, acute, sharply serrate, glabrous, 



glossy above, lH-3 in. long: fls. in 2-6-fld. clusters, 



scarlet-red in the type, l>2-2 in. across: fr. globular or 



A>M 



637. Cydonia Japonica (XK) 



double. Var. Candida, pure white. Var. oardinftlis, deep 

 scarlet. E.H. 1872:330 f. 1. Var. Gaujirdi, salmon- 

 orange. Var. grandifldra, nearly white, large fls. R.H. 



:410. Va 

 p§ndula, Hr>r 

 rbsea plena, : 



MAUardi, fls. rose, bordered white. Var. 

 . with sloii.l.r, pendulous branches. Var. 

 sr, sriiii-.loiiliK-. Var. riibra grandifldra, 



criinson. Var. sanguinea pl6na, scarlet, 



iibilicata, 



and large 



frs 



bilicat 

 MaMei, Ni^ 



'{inix .l/./(W, ;, JIast. Chmnomeles 

 _ \v slnuli, l-:i ft.: branches spiny, 



with short, ron-h ton,, i, mm «h.u young: Ivs. round- 

 ish oval to oboNate, obtuse or acute, coarsely crenate- 

 serrate, glabrous, 1-2 in. long: fls. bright orange-scarlet, 

 1-1% in. across ; fr. yellow, nearly globular, about 114 ^■ 

 across. March, April. Jap. B.M. 6780. G.C. II. 1:757 

 and 2:741. -A very desirable hardy shrub, with abun- 

 dant fls. of a peculiar shade of red. Var. alpina, Rehder 

 iClurnnmeles Japdniea, v&r. iilphia. .Maxim. Ci/ilunia 

 Siinjcnti. Lem. ). Dwarf spiny shrub, witli procumbent 

 stems and ascending branches: Ivs. roundish oval, ',_.-l 

 in. long: flowering and fruiting profusely. Var. sup6rba, 

 Hort. Pis. deeper red. Var. tricolor, dwarf shrub, with 

 pink and white variegated Ivs. Alfred Rehder. 



CYMBlDIUM {boat, from the Greek, referring to the 

 shape of the lip). Orchirl<ice<v. tribe fdndeir. Plants 

 epiphytal, rarely terrestrial, stems pseudobulbous or 

 not so: leaves coriaceous, long, rarely short, persistent: 

 sepalsand petals snli-equal, labellum usually tri-lobed, 

 adn.ate to th.- Las,. ,,f iln- .olumn; column erect; pollinia 

 2. Species, tr.ipiral, snl. tropical, found on mountains at 

 high elevations in ,\sia, .V few species are found in Af- 

 rica and Australia. For horticultural purposes this 

 genus is of comparatively little value. Qakes Ames. 



No difficulty will be experienced in growing the several 

 species of Cymbidium under one method of treatment. 

 A shaded p'bsition in the Mexican house or cool end of the 

 Cattleya department, where the temperature ranges be- 

 tween 50° and 55° Fahr. at night and about 65° or with sun 

 heat 70° through the day will be found suitable. During 

 the warm summer months they must be kept shaded in 

 a cool, moist atmosphere with a free circulation of air. 

 As they are robust growing jilants, pot culture will suit 

 them best, but those with pendulous inflorescence, such 

 as ('. Findlaysonlannm. C. pendulum, etc., may be 

 grown in baskets if desired. Repotting and top-dress- 

 ing should be attended to in spring at the commence- 



