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THE RASPBERRY. 



orange quince, of the same form and color, fair and handsome, and 

 equally as good, and by some preferred to the apple quince for culinary 

 purposes. Tree healthy, a thrifty grower, and moderately productive — 

 an acquisition. 



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 : — 



Chinese Quince. 



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 odor, and have a very pretty effect in the month of May, though 

 much less showy than those of the $ apan 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. 



Japan Quince. 

 Cydonia Japonica. Pyrus Japonica. 



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. alio) resembles the 

 foregoing, except that the flowers are white and pale pink, resembling 

 those of the common apple-tree. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



THE RASPBERRY. 



Rubus Idcnis, 4 ; Rosacea, of botanists. 

 Framboisicr, of the French ; Himbeerstrauch, German ; Framboos, Dutc'i ; Hovo 

 idco, Italian; and Frambucso, Spanish. 



The Raspberry is a low deciduous shrub, which in several forms is 

 common in the woods of both Europe and America. The large-fruited 

 varieties most esteemed in our gardens ha ve all originated from the long 

 cultivated JRubus Idceus, or Mount Ida bramble, which appears first to 

 have been introduced into the gardens of the South of Europe from 

 Mount Ida. It is now quite naturalized in some parts of this country. 



