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DICTIONARY OF THE 
Taste, Fuchsia. 
This graceful plant is a native of Mexico, and was named 
from L. Fuchs, a German botanist. 
Tears, Elecampane, or Helenium. 
It was fabled to have sprung from the tears of Helen. 
Temptation, Quince. 
The quince is found in a wild state in Austria. Pliny says 
it was brought into Italy from Cydon, in Crete; hence its 
botanical name, malus cydonia. It is also described under 
the names of pyrus cydonia and cydonia vulgaris. The far- 
famed apples of the Hesperides were most probably quinces- 
The French call the quince tree coignassier, because, according 
to Du Hamel, the unpleasant odor of the fruit caused it to be 
planted in a remote corner (coin) of the orchard or garden. 
In New England, the smell is generally considered rather 
pleasant than otherwise. In the south of France, the marma¬ 
lade called cotignac is prepared from this fruit. The word 
