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P. intermedia latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 40. May 

 Denmark. 178Q. 



lana'ta (woolly). 15. April. Nepaul. 1818. 



lanugino'sa (woollyish). 25. April. Hungary. 



ma'lus (apple-tree). 20. April. Britain. 



melanoca'rpa (black-fruited). 4. May. N. 



Amer. 1700. 

 subpube'scens (slightly-downy). 4. May. 



microca'rpa (small-fruited). 10. April. N.Amer. 



niva'lis (snowy -leaved). 6. April. Austria. 



pinnati'fida (deeply-cut-leaved). 40. May. 



England. 



arbu'scula (little tree). May. Germany. 



lanugino'sa (woollyish-teaced). 40. May. 



England. 

 pe'ndula (drooping). May. England. 



Polliie'ria (Pollver's). 15. May. Germany.1786. 



pras'cox (early. Paradise}. 10. Blush. April. 



Russia. 1784. 



prunifo'lia (plum-leaved. Siberian Crab), 20. 



Pink. May. Siberia. 1758. 



pu'bens (downy). 5. May. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 20. May. Russia. 



1780. 



salvifo'lia (sage-leaved. Aurelian). 15. May. 



France. 1806. 



Sina'ica (Mount Sinai. Medlar}. 20. May. 



Levant. 1820. 



Sine'nsis (Chinese). May. China. 



so'rbus (frwe-service). 30. May. England. 



tnalifo'rm is (apple-shaped). 30. May. 

 pyrifo'rmis (pear-shaped). 30. May. 



specta'bilis (showy. Chinese Apple}. 20. May. 



China. 1780. 



spu'ria (spurious). 20. May. 1800. 

 pe'ndula (drooping). May. 



sambucifo'lia (elder-leaved). 20. May.1818. 



tomentu'sa (downy). 20. May. Europe. ]810. 



tormina'lis (griping. Wild-service). 50. May. 



England. 



trilobn'ta (tnree-lobed). 20. May. South 



Europe. 1810. 



variola 1 'sa (variabk-teawerf). 50. May. Ne- 



paul. 1825. 



vestl'ta (clothed). April. Nepaul. 1820. 



Q. 



QUAKING GRASS. Bri'za. 



QUA' LEA. (The name in Guiana. Nat. 

 ord., Vochyads [Vochyacese]. Linn., 1- 

 Monandria I-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Vochysia.) 



Stove evergreen tree. By seeds in a hotbed, 

 and cuttings of half-ripened shoots in sandy soil, 

 under a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat ; peat and 

 loam. Winter temp., 50 to 60; summer. 60 

 to 85. 

 Q. viola? cea (violet). Violet. Brazil. 1824. 



QUAMO'CUT. (From kyamos, a kidney- 

 bean, and klitos, dwarf; resemblance of 

 habit. Nat. ord., Bindweeds [Convolvu- 

 lacese]. IArm.,5-Pentandria \-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Ipomasa], 



Seeds in a hotbed, and cuttings of the points 

 and side-shoots of growing stems, the former 

 plan being adopted chiefly with annuals, and the 

 latter with perennials; the annuals being gene- 

 rally grown out of doors after the end of May, 

 and the perennials in the plant stove. 



STOVE PERENHIAL TWINERS. 

 Q. globo'sa (globular). 6. Scarlet. Mexico. 1827. 

 Evergreen. 



grandiflu'ra (large-flowered). 6. Scarlet. 



Mexico. 1826. Evergreen. 



longiflu'ra (long-flowered). 6. White. June. 



Cuba. 1803. Herbaceous. 



pa'tula (spreading). 6'. Scarlet. Mexico. 



1826. Evergreen. 



sangui'nea (bloody). 10. Crimson. July. 



Santa Cruz. 1812. Evergreen. 



STOVE ANNUAL TWINERS. 

 Q. cocci'nea (scarlet). 10. Scarlet. August. S. 

 Amer. 1818. 



digita'ta (hand-leaned). 10. Purple. Sep- 



tember. W. Ind. 



hederifo'lia (ivy-leaved). 10. Violet. July. 



W. Ind. 1773. 



lute'ola (yellowish). 10. Orange, yellow. 



August. Guatimala. 1759. 



phosni'cea (crimson). Crimaon. June. E. 



Ind. 1806. 



sero'tina (late-blooming). Orange. July. 



Mexico. 1824. 



tri'loba (three-lobed). 10. Violet. July. 



S. Amer. 1752. 



vulga'ris (common). Scarlet. September. 



E. Ind. 1629. 



albiflo'ra (white-flowered). White. Sep. 



tember. E. Ind. 1629. 



QUA'SSIA. (From the name of a slave 

 (Quassi), who first used the bark as a 

 febrifuge. Nat. ord., Quassiads [Simaru- 

 bacese]. Linn., \Q-Decandria \-Monogy- 

 Hta.) 



Stove evergreen tree, the source of the well- 

 known Quassia-chips, used for poisoning fiies; 

 the bitter has also been substituted for hops, 

 Cuttings of ripe shoots in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, in heat ; sandy, rich loam and fibry peat. 

 Winter temp., 55 to 65; summer, 65 to 90. 

 Q. ama'ra (bitter). 20. Red, June. Guiana. 1790. 



QUENOUILLE is a fruit-tree with a cen- 

 tral stem, and its branches trained in 

 horizontal tiers, the lowest being the 

 longest, and the others gradually lessen- 

 ing in length as they do in age ; so that 

 the tree, like a spruce-fir, acquires a py- 

 ramidal form. 



QUEECITRON. Que'rcus tincto'ria. 



QUE'RCUS. The Oak. (From the 

 Celtic quer, fine, and cuez, a tree. Nat. 

 ord., Mastworts [Corylacese]. Linn., 21- 

 Moncecia 9-Polyandria.) 



By acorns, sown as they drop from the tree ; 

 or collected, dried, and kept packed in sand, in 

 a dry place, until the following March, when 

 they may be sown in rows, and covered half an 

 inch deep ; deep, loamy soil they like best. Par- 

 ticular varieties are kept up by grafting. 

 Q. te'gilops (segilops. Velonia). 20. Levant. 1731. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 



pe'ndula (drooping). 



agrifo'lia (scabby-leaved). May. Mexico. 1837. 



a'lba (white). 60. May. N. Amer. 1724. 

 pinnati'fida (deeply-cut-teaed). 60. May. 



N. Amer. 1724. 

 repa'nda (w&vy-leaved). 60. May. N.Amer. 



