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The lemon tree, the Seville and fweet 

 orange trees, are much akin to one another, 

 and are generally planted promifcuoufly *. 

 The fvveet fmell of their flowers would almofr. 

 revive a perfon when half dead. The fruit 

 ripens fo flowly, that the whole year is fpent 

 before it comes to perfection. It is faid by 

 fome nurfery-men, that they can produce fruits 

 of which one quarter is Seville, the fecorid 

 fweet orange, the third quarter fweet, and the 

 fourth four lemons. 



Sovaja was fown in fome places amongfi 

 i he trees ; fometimes parts of the plantations 

 Were fown with farads, radifhes, onions, &c. 



The Phmiix da&ylifera r is feldom to be 

 met with here : there were fome near the mo- 

 naitery, almofl as high as the houfe itfelf, the 

 dates of which were fallen down, and were of 

 the colour and fize of white plumbs. The 



* la the Linnrcan Syftem they are all included in one 

 Genus, viz. Citrus. 



r This is the Date-palm. There are two fuch in the 

 Governor's garden at Gibraltar forty-five feet high, and 

 fuppofed to be fome hundred years old. 



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