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OEC 



0. pa'nula (least). Chili. 1825. 



platyaca'ntha (broad-spined). 1814. 



polya'ntha (many-flowered). 3. S. Amer. 1811. 



polyaca'ntha (many-spined). 1. N. Amer. 1814. 

 ^pseu'do-tu'na (false-tuna). 1811. 



pube'scens (downy). June. Mexico. 1836. 



pulmna'ta (powdered). June. Mexico. 1836. 



pusi'lla (small). . S. Amer. 1805. 



ramuli'fera (branched). June. Mexico. 1836. 



re'ptaris (creeping). Mexico. 1838. 



ro'sea (rosy). Rose. June. Mexico. 1830. 



rubefscens (red-stemmed). Brazil. 1828. 



seni'lis (old-man). 1837- 



seri'cea (silky). 1. Chili. 1827. 



spinau'rea (golden-spined). Mexico. 1838. 



spinosi'ssima (spiniest). 20. July. Jamaica. 1732. 



spinuli'fera (small-spine-bearing). Mexico. 



1836. 



Stape'litB (Stapelia-like). June. Mexico. 1830. 



swdme'nms (few-spined). 2. J81Q. 



sulphu'rea (sulphur-coloured). 2. Chili. 1827- 



tomento'sa (shaggy). 2. S. Amer. 1820. 



triaca'ntha (three-spined). 2. S. Amer. 



tubercula'ta (warted). 1. America. 1818. 



tu'na (tuna). 3. July. S. Amer. 1731. 



vulga'ris (common). 2. July. South Europe. 



1596. 



OEACH. (A'triplex horte'nsis.) This 

 is cooked and eaten in the same manner 

 as spinach, to which it is much preferred 

 by many persons, although it belongs to 

 a tribe whose wholesomeness is very sus- 

 picious. 



Soil. It flourishes best in a rich, moist 

 soil, and in an open compartment. 



Sow about the end of September, and 

 again in the spring for succession, in 

 drills six inches apart. When the seed- 

 lings are about an inch high, thin to six 

 inches asunder, and those removed may 

 "be planted out at the same distance in a 

 similar situation, and watered occasion- 

 ally until established. For early produc- 

 tion sow in a moderate hotbed at the 

 same time as those in the natural ground. 

 The leaves must be gathered for use 

 whilst young, otherwise they become 

 stringy and worthless. 



To save Seed. Some plants of the 

 spring sowing must be left ungathered 

 from, and thinned to about eight inches 

 apart. The seeds ripen about the end 

 of August, when the plants must be 

 pulled up, and, when perfectly dry, the 

 seed rubbed out for use. 



ORANGE. (Ci'trus aura'ntium") . See 

 CI'TRUS. 



ORANGE THORN. Citrioba'tus. 

 ORCHARD is an enclosure devoted to 

 the cultivation of hardy fruit-trees. With 

 respect to the situation and aspect for an 

 orchard, avoid very low, damp situations 

 as much as the nature of the place will 

 admit ; for in very wet soils no fruit-trees 

 will prosper, nor the fruit be fine ; but a 



moderately low situation, free from co- 

 pious wet, may be more eligible than an 

 elevated ground, as being less exposed 

 to tempestuous winds ; though a situa- 

 tion having a small declivity is very de- 

 sirable, especially if its aspect incline 

 towards the east, south-east, or south, 

 which are rather more eligible than a 

 westerly aspect ; but a north aspect is 

 the worst of all for an orchard, unless 

 particularly compensated by the peculiar 

 temperament or good quality of the soil. 

 Any common field or pasture that pro- 

 duces good crops of corn, grass, or 

 kitchen-garden vegetables is suitable for 

 an orchard ; if it should prove of a loamy 

 nature, it will be a particular advantage. 

 Any soil, however, of a good quality, not 

 too light and dry, nor too heavy, stub- 

 born, or wet, but of a medium nature, 

 friable and open, with not less than one- 

 spade deep of good staple, will be proper. 

 Drain thoroughly, and trench before 

 planting. Plant in October, or, at the 

 latest, in November. Trees will succeed 

 if planted later; but those are the best 

 months. Plant on stations (See STA- 

 TIONS) ; and the following is a good se- 

 lection : Of Apples, plant for Kitchen 

 use Keswick Codling, Mank's Codling, 

 Blenheim Pippin, Dumelow's Seedling, 

 Minshall Crab, Bedfordshire Found- 

 ling, Norfolk Beaufin, Hawthornden, 

 Herefordshire Pearmain, King of Pip- 

 pins, and John Apple. For Dessert: 

 Early Harvest, Early Eed Margaret, 

 Kerry Pippin, Early Nonpareil, Pit- 

 maston, Pearson's Plate, Kibston Pip- 

 pin, Boss Nonpareil, Old Nonpareil, 

 Lamb-Abbey Pearmain, Stunner Pip- 

 pin, and Court Pendu Plat, Of Cherries : 

 Early Purple Griotte, Early May Duke, 

 Black Eagle, Elton, Bigarreau, Florence, 

 Late Duke, Morello, and Buttner's Oc- 

 tober Morello. Of Plums: Precoce de 

 Tours, Morocco, Orleans, Drap d'Or, 

 Greengage, Eoyal Hative, Eeine Claude 

 Violette, Coe's Golden Drop, St. Martin's 

 Quetsche, Washington, Jefferson, Wine- 

 sour, Magnum Bonum, St. Catherine* 

 and Ixworth Imperatrice. In the pre- 

 ceding lists we have named the varieties 

 in their order of ripening ; but in this of 

 Pears the months named are those in 

 which the fruit is ripe. July, Doyenne 

 d'Ete. August, Benoist. Sept., Williams' 

 Bon Chretien, Beurre d'Amalis, Jalousie 

 de Fontenay Vender. Oct., Duchesse 

 d'Orleans, Marie Louise, Fondante d'Au- 



