. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. ROSA CEiE : CYDO NIA. 451 f C. «. 3 lusitdmca 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
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. ROSA CEiE : CYDO NIA. 451 f C. «. 3 lusitdmca 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 13 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. S 2. C. sinb'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. 650. SyTwm/ine, Pjnis sinensis Poir. SuppL 4. \t. 452. Engravings. Ann. Mus., 19. t. 8. and 9.; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi.; and OMTfig. I. Cydbnla sis&uis. Spec. Char., Stc 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
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