. . of its acrid, astringent taste. As awhole, it is a discouraging and disagreeable fruit, in spiteof its beautiful yellow color and pleasantly aromatic with apples, it makes excellent pies and tarts. Amarmalade is made from the pulp; also a delicious jelly. The seeds are extensively used, on account of the muci-lage of the outer surface. A decoction commonly kno^vn asmucilage of quince seed is much used as a demulcent incertain diseases—in erysipelas, inflammatory conditions ofthe eyes, and in other affections where muci
. . of its acrid, astringent taste. As awhole, it is a discouraging and disagreeable fruit, in spiteof its beautiful yellow color and pleasantly aromatic with apples, it makes excellent pies and tarts. Amarmalade is made from the pulp; also a delicious jelly. The seeds are extensively used, on account of the muci-lage of the outer surface. A decoction commonly kno^vn asmucilage of quince seed is much used as a demulcent incertain diseases—in erysipelas, inflammatory conditions ofthe eyes, and in other affections where mucilaginous appli-cations are found useful. Most of the quince seed of themarket comes from southern Russia, southern France, andthe Cape of Good Hope. It is cultivated in various tem-perate and sub-tropical countries. Description of plate: A, flowering twig; B, fruit; 1,stipules; 2, flower in section; 3, stamen; 4, pollen; 5, style;6, stigma; 7 and 8, fruit in sections; 9 and 10, seeds of onecell of the ovary; 11, seeds; 12, seed in sections. Albert FRUITS, NUTS, ETC. 165 STRAWBERRY Strawberries are small, herbaceous plants belonging tothe Rose family. They are perennial, propagating by meansof runners. The white flowers have the general character-istics of the apple blossom and the rose; that is, five(double) sepals and five petals, with numerous stamensand pistils. The word strawberry is both perplexing and scien-tifically incorrect. The edible part is not a berry, butthe much-enlarged fleshy torus, or receptacle, to which thenumerous very small, rather hard fruits (seeds) are is botanically a false fruit, and not a berry at green, ten-parted, star-shaped, leafy structure foundattached to the base of the so-called berry is the permanentcalyx, which is removed before the fruit is eaten. About six or seven species are natives of the UnitedStates, where they grow wild in prairie lands, as well as inthe wooded areas. The numerous culture varieties
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