Appendix. 265 



" The fruits common to the country include dates, 

 plantains, mangos, limes, oranges, citrons, pomegranates, 

 grapes, figs, tamarinds, mulberries, and melons. The British 

 authorities have lately introduced apricots, peaches, and 

 nectarines with excellent results." 



No. 17. 



Gardeners Chronicle, I2th June, 1886, p. 762. 



It appears that in the TuiJeries garden, Paris, there are 

 150 orange trees. It is said that " of this number forty-three 

 trees date from the reign of Francis I. (1515-1547)," that is 

 they are from 339 to 371 years old. Whether these are 

 Seville or Portugal orange trees is not stated. 



No. 1 8. 



Dr. Brandis, in his " Forest Flora of India," mentions that, 

 " In the South of Europe the orange attains a much larger 

 size than in India. A yield of 3,000 to 5,000 oranges per 

 tree annually is not rare. Near Milis, on the Island of 

 Sardinia, there are trees more than six feet in girth (nearly 

 2 feet across), and are said to be 700 years old.* The wood of 

 the orange is hard, close and even-grained, and yellowish ; it 

 weighs forty-nine pounds when seasoned, and sixty-five to 

 seventy pounds when green (Skinner). In South Europe it 

 is used for turning, engraving, inlaid and cabinet work, 

 and excellent walking sticks are made of shoots and 

 branches." 



* These must be Seville or bitter oranges, as " Haydn's Dictionary " 

 says the sweet orange was first brought to Europe by the Portuguese in 

 1 547 that is about 339 years ago. 



