ORANGE.-CITRUS.-AU11AN- 

 TIUM. 



In Botany, a Genus of the Polyadelphia Ico- 



sandria Class. Natural Order, Bicornes. 







THE China, or sweet oranges, with which 

 this country is now so amply supplied, and 

 at such moderate prices, that all classes of 

 society enjoy them as perfectly as if they had 

 been indigenous to the climate, were not known 

 to the ancient Europeans. They were first 

 brought into Europe by Jean de Castro, a 

 celebrated Portuguese warrior, who made 

 them a present to the Conde Mellor, the king 

 of Portugal's prime minister, who was only 

 able to raise one plant from a great number 

 that were brought to Europe. This tree, 

 which was planted in 1548, and from which 

 all the European orange-trees of this sort 

 were produced, is said to be now alive at 

 Lisbon, in the garden of Count S. Laurent. 

 The Romans had endeavoured to culti- 



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