130 The Garden. 



iv.-the oeange family. 

 1. The Oeance — Citrus Aurantum. 



This delicious tropical fruit is successfully cultivated in Flor- 

 ida, and to some extent in Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, South 

 Carolina, and other Southern States. With only slight protec- 

 tion, it will succeed so far north as Baltimore. Of the sweet 

 orange, which alone is worthy of garden cultivation, the hest 

 varieties are the Havana or Common Sweet, the Maltese, the 

 Blood Eed, the Mandarin, and the St. Michael. 



The orange requires a deep, rich loam. To procure stocks 

 for budding with the sweet varieties, sow early in the spring 

 the seeds of the wild, bitter orange of Florida. They may be 

 budded the same or the next season. 



The great foe of the orange-tree is the scale insect (Coccus 

 Hesperidum), but the common chamomile is found to be a spe- 

 cific against it. This herb, in bunches, hung on the branches 

 of the trees, drives it away, and by cultivating the plant about 

 the roots of the tree, it is protected against its attacks. 



2. The Lemon — Citrus Limonum. 

 The lemon is cultivated like the orange. Besides the com- 

 mon lemon, there is an Italian variety called the 

 Sweet Lemon. The lime, the citron, and the 

 shaddock belong to the same family, and are 

 subject to the same culture. 



V.-THE BEEEIED EKUITS. 



1. The Geape — Vitis of species. 

 The grape should undoubtedly head the list 

 of berried fruits. It has been cultivated from 

 the earliest ages, and in almost every country in the temperate 

 zones. The varieties cultivated in Europe are all of one species 

 ( Vitis vinifera), and originated in Asia. Our native grapes are 

 of different species. 



