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DBA 



0. wjynam'nMa(myriad-spined). Mexico. 1830. 



ni'gricans (blackish-sained). 3. Pink. Au- 



gust. South America. 1795. 



Nopali 1 llo (small Nopal). Mexico. 1838. 



Otto'nis (Otto's). June. Brazil. 1830. 



pa'rvula (least). Chili. 1825. 



platyaca'ntha (broad-spined). ]814. 



polya'ntha (many - flowered). 3. South 



America. 1811. 



polyaca'ntha (many - spined). 1. North 



America. 1814. 



Pseu'do-Tu'na (False-Tuna). 1811. 



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



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



pusi'lla (small). . South America. 1805. 



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



re'ptans (creeping). Mexico. 1838. 



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



rube'scens (red-stemmed). Brazil. 1828. 



seni'lis (old-man). 1837. 



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



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



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



1732. 



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



1836. 



stape'liee(Sta.pe\ia-like). June. Mexico. 1830. 

 r- subine'rmis (few-spined). 2. 181Q. 



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



182;. 



tomento'sa (shaggy). 2. South America. 



1820. 



triaca'ntha (three-spined). 2. South Ame- 



rica. 



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



Tu'na (Tuna). 3. July. South America. 



1731. 



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



1596. 



ORACH. A' triplex horte'nsis. This 

 is cooked and eaten in the same 

 manner as spinach, to which it is much 

 preferred hy many persons, although it 

 belongs to a tribe whose wholesomeness 

 is very suspicious. 



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 

 seedlings are about an inch high, thin 

 to six inches asunder, and those re- 

 moved may be planted out at the same 

 distance in a similar situation, and 

 watered -occasionally until established. 

 For early production 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 

 Citrus. 



ORANGE THORN. CiMoba'tm. 

 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 copious wet, may be more 

 eligible than an elevated ground, as 

 being less exposed to tempestuous 

 winds ; though a situation having a 

 small declivity is very desirable, espe- 

 cially 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 tempera- 

 ment or good quality of the soil. Any 

 common field or pasture that produces 

 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, 

 stubborn, 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, Dunclow's Seedling, 

 Minshall Crab, Bedfordshire Found- 

 ling, Norfolk Beaufin, Hawthomden, 

 Herefordshire Pearmain, King of Pip- 

 pins and John Apple. For Dessert : 

 Early Harvest, Early Red Margaret, 

 Kerry Pippin, Early Nonpareil, Pit- 

 maston, Pearson's Plate, Ribston Pip- 

 pin, Ross Nonpareil, Old Nonpareil, 

 Lamb-Abbey Pearmain, Stunner Pip' 



