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Court there are many orange-trees, some of which 

 are stated to be three hundred years old. They are 

 generally moved into the open air about the middle 

 of June, when the perfume of their blossoms is most 

 delicious. Orange and lemon-trees have been culti- 

 vated in the open air in England. For a hundred 

 years, in a few gardens of the south of Devon- 

 shire, they have been seen, trained as peach-trees 

 against walls, and sheltered only with mats of straw 

 during the winter. The fruit of these is stated to 

 be as large and fine as any from Portugal*. 



The Shaddock. 



The Shaddock is much larger than the orange, 

 both in the tree and the fhiit. The tree is both lofly 

 and spreading, and the fruit is about eight inches in 

 circumference, — some, indeed, much larger. The 

 shaddock is a native of China and the adjoining 

 countries, where the name of " sweet ball" is given 

 to it. There are many varieties — some with the pulp 

 white, others with it nearly red; some that are sweet, 



* Hort. Trans., vol. i. 



