274 HISTORY OF FRUITS. 



produce the best marmalade, and the richest wine : it is 

 from the flowers of this kind of orange, that orange-flower 

 water is distilled. These oranges are often preserved whole 

 as a sweetmeat, and are justly admired. 



The seeds of the orange kind will be found, on nice 

 examination, different from the seed of any other fruit. 

 They have been anatomized by the curious, and, with the 

 aid of a good microscope, are found to be almost as won- 

 derful, in their formation, as the human frame when dis- 

 sected. 



When these trees are removed from the conservatory, 

 they should be so placed as to receive the morning and 

 evening sun, but not the full tide of the meridian rays, 

 from which they are best sheltered by trees, provided the 

 drip is avoided. If laurels are well arranged in the plant- 

 ing, so as partly to form a back-ground, and occasionally 

 to admit room for an orange-tub, a small number of these 

 trees may be contrived to make a fine appearance in the 

 windings of the shrubbery. 



Oranges and lemons may be preserved in the highest 

 perfection by freezing, and placing them in an ice-house. 

 When intended to be used, they should be previously put 

 into a vessel of cold water till they are thawed. Those 

 who have not the advantage of ice vaults, may keep them 

 for a considerable time, by choosing such as are not 

 quite ripe, and procuring some fine dry sand, which 

 should be heated in the sun, or over a fire ; when cold, 

 put it in a large earthen vessel, and then a layer of 

 oranges or lemons with their stalk-ends downwards, ob- 

 serving they do not touch each other ; cover them with 

 sand, and form another layer in the same manner, until the 

 vessel is full, then cover them two or three inches deep 

 with sand, and place them in a cold and dry room, 



