Citrus Orange. 



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somewhat tortuously. It is a free bloomer and fruit 

 bearer, and begins to bloom when not more than a foot 

 high, and like a true orange bears flowers and green and 

 ripe fruit at the same time. It is grown in the open in 

 the South, but in the North must be treated as a house- 

 plant. The flowers are, when well opened, fully an inch 



FLOWERING BRANCH OF ORANQE. 



across, and have creamy-white petals about a group of 

 many erect stamens. They are deliciously fragrant. The 

 fruit is small and of inferior quality, but it is edible and 

 fully as good as some of the foreign oranges that are 

 brought to our markets. It is seedless, well-colored, and re- 

 mains long on the pert little tree whether in-doors or out, 

 and with the fresh blossoms and the glossy leaves makes a 

 beautiful plant. The otaheite endures the heat and gas of 



