THE ORANGE. 10-5 



The propagation of this species is chiefly by cuttings. 

 Take cuttings of the half-ripe young wood, make a 

 clean cut at the base, and insert them (five or six) in a 

 4-inch pot filled with fine sandy peat ; water, and 

 place a bell-glass over them, and plunge in a mild 

 bottom heat as for the Leucopogon, &c. The Corrceas 

 may be raised from seed, when it can be had, by the 

 same treatment as for the Chorozema. Grafting is 

 sometimes resorted to with some difficult sorts, using 

 the common Alba, Virens, &c. 



The Orange. 



The raising of Orange-trees is a very interesting art 

 in horticulture. The seed should be sown in the spring, 

 in deep seed-pans, or in pots filled with sandy peat 

 and maiden loam. Cover it from 1 to 2 inches with 

 the soil, and plunge the pots in a good mild heat ; keep 

 the seed moderately moist and close, when it will soon 

 come up. Pot off as soon as the seedlings are 3 inches 

 high, and plunge the pots in a mild heat. When 

 the seedlings are as large in the stem as that of a 

 common tobacco-pipe, graft them with any desirable 

 sort. Do the grafting close to the top of the pot, 

 and tie the grafts on well, using some grafting-wax 

 over the ties, and then plunge the pot into a mild 

 heat over the union, when they will soon unite. Shift 

 the plants as soon as the grafts have made a little 

 growth, continue the 3'oung plants in a close pit or 

 house, and give liquid manure frequently, when fine 

 plants will soon be the result. 



The soil in which to grow the Orange well must be 

 one part good peat, one part maiden loam, and one 

 part old decayed manure. 



By Cuttings. — Take half-ripened young wood when- 

 ever it can be had, trim them as usual, and insert them 

 (four or five) in a 4-inch pot, of peat one part, and 

 silver sand one part, and plunge the pots up to the 

 rims in a mild bottom heat, and set a handlight over 

 them. 



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