XXVI. ROSA CEH: CYDO'NIA. 451 
¥ C. v. 3 lusiténica Du Ham.— Broader leaves, and larger fruit, than the 
two preceding kinds ; and, being of more vigorous growth, it is 
better adapted for being used as a stock for pears. 
The quince is a low tree, with a crooked stem and tortuous rambling 
branches. It is of moderately rapid growth when young ; attaining, in four 
or five years, the height of 6 or 8 feet ; and, in ten or twelve years, the height 
of 15 feet: after which it continues to increase in width of head only ; being 
very seldom found higher than 15 or 20 feet. 
The quince prefers a moist free soil, near water, and a situation open, but 
sheltered. In dry soil, neither the tree nor the fruit attains any size; and, 
in situations exposed to high winds, the fruit will not remain on the tree till 
ripe. Layers. 
¥ 2. C. sine’nsis Thouin. The China Quince Tree. 
Identification. Thouin Ann. Mus., 19. p. 145, t. 8. and 9.; Dec. Prod., 2, p.638.; Don’s Mill., 2. 
p- 
° Pars 
Pyrus 
is Potr. Suppl. 4. p. 452. 
ynony p. 452. 
oe we Ann. Mus., 19, t, 8. and 9. ; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi. 3 and 
our jig. 808. 
AL 
808. Cydonia sinénsis, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, acuminated at both ends, acutely serrated, 
when young a little villose, and when adult glabrous. Stipules oblong 
linear, serrated ; the teeth glanded. Flowers rosy, becoming red. Calyx 
glabrous ; its lobes serrulated, and a little leafy. Stamens in one row. Fruit 
egg-shaped, large, hard, almost juiceless, and greenish. Seeds in each cell 
about 30, with many abortive. (Dec. Prod.) A very handsome low tree, 
very distinct in appearance from the common quince, from the shining sur- 
face of its leaves, and the regular serratures of their margins, China. 
Height in China 20 ft.; in England 10ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 1818, 
Flowers white or pale red; May and June. Fruit egg-shaped, greenish, 
hard, and nearly dry ; ripe in October. 
GG 2 
