|containing two species, P.
| | |arbutifolia and P. nigra.
| | |Both are easily raised from
| | |seeds, but the quicker way
| | |is to detach suckers.
| | |
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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME. | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
CYDONIA | | |
(the Quinces) | | |
| | |
P. cathayensis |China |Rosy red; |Best on a wall as at Kew.
| |late |Bolder in growth than P.
| |Spring, |japonica, but not so hardy.
| |early |Very handsome on a wall.
| |Summer |
| | |
*P. Cydonia (Syn. |Unknown |Flesh |The Quince is for the
Cydonia vulgaris) | | |garden orchard. "How seldom
| | |does one see Quinces
| | |planted for ornament, and
| | |yet there is hardly any
| | |small tree that better
| | |deserves such treatment.
| | |Some Quinces planted about
| | |eight years ago are now
| | |perfect pictures; their
| | |lissome branches, borne
| | |down with the load of great
| | |deep-yellow fruit, and
| | |their leaves turning to a
| | |colour almost as rich and
| | |glowing. The old English