. 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. 450 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus XXI. "1 CYDO^NIA Tourn. The Quince Tree. Di-Pentagynia. Lin. Si/st. Icosandria Identiftcation. Tourn. Inst., 632. t. 435.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 638.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 650. Synonymes. PJrug sp. Lin. ; Coignassier, Fr.; Quittenbaum, Ger. ;
. 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. 450 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus XXI. "1 CYDO^NIA Tourn. The Quince Tree. Di-Pentagynia. Lin. Si/st. Icosandria Identiftcation. Tourn. Inst., 632. t. 435.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 638.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 650. Synonymes. PJrug sp. Lin. ; Coignassier, Fr.; Quittenbaum, Ger. ; Cotogno, Ital. Derivation. From its native place, Cydon, in Candia. Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals orbicular. Stamens erect. Styles 5. Pome closed, S-celled ; cells cartilaginous, many-seeded. Seeds covered with mu- cilaginous pulp, (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; serrated or entire. Flowers large, solitarj', or few together in a kind of umbel. — Low deciduous trees or shrubs, natives of Europe and Asia ; easily propagated by layers, or by graft- ing on the common thorn. Common soil, rather moist than dry. ¥ 1. C. vuLGA^Ris Pers. The common Quince Tree. Idmti/lcalion. Pars. Syn., 2, p. 40.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 63S.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 650. ^nonymes. P^ruB Cyd6nia Lin. Sp. 687., Jacq. Austr. t. 342. ; C. europs^'a Sav. Alb. Tosc. 1. p. 90. Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t 342.; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., voL vi.; and oxujlg. 807. Crdonia vulgaris. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, obtuse at the base, entire, tomentose beneath. Calyx tomentose; its lobes serrulated, and a little leafy. Stamens in one row. (Dec. Prod.') A low tree. South of Europe, in rocky places and hedges; and by some considered indigenous in Britain. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. Cultivated in 1573. Flowers white; May and June. Fruit large, of a fine orange yellow ; ripe in November. Varieties. t C. D. 1 pyriformis Hort. — Fruit pear-shaped. ''' C. ». 2 maliformis Hort.
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