Quince

[Fr. coing, from L,. cydonius, a quince Crete, which was noted for its quinces.] The fruit of a shrub which grows in mild climates, and belongs to the same family as the apple. The fruit is usually pear-shaped, but some quinces look more like an apple. Quinces po e a hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and though not good to eat raw, they are largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. bark of different species of cinchona trees, originally known in Peru, but now transplanted to Java and India. It has a bitter taste, and forms the base of certain salts used in medicine. —Sulphate of Quinine, a salt crystallizing in snow white. light, efflorescent needles. It is not very soluble in water, but di olves easily when a drop or two of sulphuric acid is added, and is exten¬ sively used in medicine as a tonic and febrifuge. Twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one-twentieth part of a ream. peculiarities of the common species, Procyon lot or, and on which its specific name (lot or, from E. lavare, to wash) is founded, is its habit of plunging its dry food into water before eating it. Its fur is valuable, particularly in the manu¬ facture of hats. plant, cultivated for its pungent fleshy root, which is eaten raw for salad. or other pieces of timber fastened together, either to serve as a support in conveying other things, or for their own collective conveyance on the water. ous species of birds prized as game birds. The common European land-rail is usually known as the corncrake. It has a grating cry, fa¬ miliar in summer. The ivater-rail has a longer bill and darker plumage, and loves the wet marshes. It is found in Iceland, North rail or ortolan. The flesh of all these birds is