QUIDDING IN HORSES. The throwing out of the mouth of half chewed food is termed quidding. It is occasioned by some disease of the mouth, as sore gums, decayed teeth, swell ing caused by obstructions of the ducts of the salivary glands, or by chronic enlargement of the glands of the lower jaw. The remedy is evident. In sore gums the remains of foul food should be cleaned from between the teeth, and the gums washed with a solution of chloride of lime, an ounce to a pint of water, and_ rubbing with of myrrh until well. Swelling of the ducts should be met by ting with a knife, or be touched every day with a pencil of nitrate of silver, 'and soft food be. g-iven until cured. If the trouble is in the glands of the lower jaw,. they may he painted with tincture of iodine, or ointment of dide of mercury, one drachm to an ounce of lard, well rubbed gether. If decayed teeth are the cause should be removed.
QuINCE. Cydonia vulgaxis. This fruit is a native of Asia, prob ably Northern IncIia;. was carried to Gr6ece by way of Ispahan and_ Syria, and has been known in Greece from the earliest period, its fruit was there ded icated to the Goddess., of Love. It found its way into Italy from Kydron, a city in the island of Crete. Both the pear-shaped and apple-shaped varieties were known to the Greeks. The trees must have been larger than are now generally found in the United States, since it is related in Grecian mythology how Melus, a priest of Aphrodite, hung himself, from grief at the death of Adonis, to a quince tree, into which he was then trans formed. There are but few varieties of the
quince, those principally cultivated being the Apple or Orange quince, the Angers and the Portugal. There is also the Chinese and Japan ,quince, the latter an elegant flowering sort and a fair hedging plant. The cut shows the flower of the Japan quince natural size. They are deep .crimson, and appear before or at the time of the first leaves. The quince delights in a cool, moist but well drained soil, and rather humid atmos phere; hence it is but little cultivated in the prairie regions of the West, or in other dry inter continental climates. There are, however, 'special localities near the great lakes, congenial to it, and in these situations the crop is very profitable, since the scarcity of the fruit causes it to sell at high prices. The quince is largely used as a stock upon which to bud the pear to dwarf it for cultivation in gardens and other small places. But when this is done, they should be worked so low that they may be planted below the junction -of the bud or graft, else they are short lived.