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was carried by Captain Shaddock from China to the Bri- 

 tish ^Yest Indies, where it first acquired the name which 

 it here bears. It is now cultivated not only in the West 

 India Islands, but extensively in South America; 

 Four sorts are enumerated. Of all the Citrus tribe, 

 this has the most beautiful foliage, and it is therefore 

 not improperly selected for filling the back wall of a 

 vinery. -^ 



The Orangery^ in England, seldom difi^ers in form, 

 even where it is a separate structure, from that of the 

 green-house. Most commonly, the few orange plants 

 which are kept are grown in large pots. Or in tubs or 

 boxes, and occupy a place with other exotics on the green- 

 house shelves. . When the trees are of considerable size, 

 the bQxes or square tubs are so constructed that they 

 can be partially taken to pieces without materially dis- 

 turbing the roots of the plants ; and the soil can then be 

 renewed or meliorated on the different sides at success- 

 ive periods. Of late, such tubs have been constructed 

 of large slates ; these have an elegant appearance, and 

 they are equally convenient, the sides being removable 

 as in the wooden structures. At some places, the orange^ 

 trees are planted in conservatories erected for the pur- 

 pose. In the neighborhood of Paris, the orangeries are 

 little better than dark sheds, in which the trees are kept 

 protect'ed during the winter months, light and air being 

 given only when the weather permits. At AYoodhall, in 

 Lanarkshire, they wore trained again&t trell-ises, under 

 glass, and in this way produced abundant crops of fine 

 fruit. We have there seen a plant of the St. Michael's 

 orange, twenty-four feet wide and eighteen feet high, 

 clothed with fruit. 



Middle-sized plants are frequently imported from the 

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