CHAPTER XXII 



Trees Found in the Fields 



After completing their collection of the forest 

 trees, the boys began to study those found in the 

 open fields and along the edges of the woods, many 

 of which had been planted, while others had grown 

 from seeds accidentally scattered. One would 

 naturally expect most of these trees to be of special 

 value and to be distributed throughout tropical 

 regions generally. 



The oranges and their relatives appealed to them 

 first, because they were old friends and so beautiful. 

 The common sweet orange, the blood orange, the 

 tangerine varieties, and the small plum-like kum- 

 quats were all admired and enjoyed. The big bit- 

 ter, or sour, orange so much used for marmalade 

 was sometimes tried for lemonade, but this was not 

 at all necessary where limes and lemons were so 

 abundant. The sweet lemon and large rough lemon 

 were new to them. Grape fruit was common, and 

 there was one citron tree, with the large fruits so 

 familiar to children about Christmas time in the 

 form of thick, candied rind. 



Other interesting trees are briefly described in the 

 following list: 



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