18 .MEW GUIDE TO ORANGE CULTURE. 



EAST INDIA SPECIES. 



Many varieties of the citrus have been recently introduced from the East 

 which do not belong to the species heretofore classified by botanists. The 

 following are of this number. 



Citrus Japonica. Synonym, Dwarf Orange. Fruit small, slightly 

 obovate ; color deep orange ; skin thin ; fruit regularly ribbed or lobed ; 

 color of flesh dark ; grain fine and tender ; juice very acid. 



Useless except as an ornamental fruit. 



Otaheite, (Taitensis.)&. very pretty, rather dwarf variety, bearing an 

 abundance of reddish flowers, and small, showy fruit, sweet and thin-skinned. 

 Valuable only as an ornamental shrub. 



SinensiS. A. small acid fruit resembling the lemon in shape and the 

 Sour or Bigarade Orange in color and the flavor of the pulp. A dwarf 

 shrub with small leaves. 



Klimquat. A. small species of the orange, a native of China and Japan, 

 and much cultivated in those countries. It has been introduced into Aus- 

 tralia. It endures more frost than any other of the genus, and will proba- 

 bly prove a valuable acquisition to many parts of Europe and America. 

 The plant is a shrub sometimes six feet high, but in cultivation it is not al- 

 lowed to exceed the height of a gooseberry bush. The fruit is oval, and 

 about the size of a large gooseberry ; the rind is sweet, and the juice acid. 

 It is delicious and refreshing. The Chinese make an excellent sweetmeat 

 by preserving it in sugar. 



PRICE LIST. 



Botelha, Dulcissima, Excelsior, Exquisite, St. Michael's Egg, Maltese 

 Blood, Prata, Sustain, Tahiti, White, St. Michael's Mandarin, Bijou Le- 

 mon, Sicily Lemon, Sweet Lime, Blood Shaddock, Bergamot, Citrus Ja- 

 ponica, Otaheite, Sinensis, Kumquat, 75 cents each. 



All the varieties described in our Catalogue, except the foregoing, 50 cents 

 each, f 5-00 per dozen. 



Navel, Peerless, Lamb Lemon, French's Seedling Lemon, etc , will be 

 furnished at wholesale rates. (See Special Price List. ) 



Trees by Mail. 



Smaller trees or dormant buds will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, at 

 the above retail rates. 



