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The Orpines may be readily increased by cuttings in 

 the summer months. The flowers are generally white or 

 purple. The Evergreen kind, with purple flowers, spreads 

 very fast. They require a dry soil, and prefer the shade. 



Any of the perennial Stonecrops planted in a little 

 soft mud or earth, in the manner of the house-leeks, on a 

 wall or roof, will spread its roots, and cover the whole 

 place in a short time. Of the annual kinds, the seeds 

 sprinkled over the place where they are designed to grow 

 will easily root. When planted in pots, they should 

 always be placed high from the ground. They are very 

 succulent plants, and will not require watering. 



SHADDOCK TREE. 



CITRUS DECUMANA. 



AURANTIACE^E. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



French, la pampelmouse. Italian, pamplemusa : these names are 

 from the Dutch. The Italians also call it pompa di genova. 



THIS plant may be treated in the same manner as the 

 orange ; under which head, directions are given at full 

 length. 



The Shaddock is a native of India ; it was taken to the 

 West Indies, in an East-India ship, by Captain Shaddock, 

 from whom it was named. There are many varieties ; 

 one, bearing a fruit five inches in diameter, very sweet, is 

 called in China, Sweet-Ball. In Japan, the Shaddock is 

 said to be as large as the head of a child. 



The trees imported from Italy, and sold at the Italian 

 warehouses in London for orange-trees, without any pecu- 

 liar name, are for the most part either Shaddock or citron- 

 trees, as these sorts make stronger shoots and more showy 

 plants than the true orange. 



