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several varieties of the orange were cultivat- 

 ed in Italy, from whence they were taken 

 to Spain and Portugal ; therefore the sweet 

 orange, soon after it was introduced, became 

 plentiful in these countries, where there were 

 already abundance of stocks to graft on. 

 Gerald notices in his work, which was pub- 

 lished in 1597, that orange and lemon-trees 

 grew on the coast of Italy, and in the islands 

 of the Adriatic ; and on the coast of Spain 

 they were, says he, in great quantities, as 

 well as in certain provinces of France, which 

 lie upon the midland coast. At the present 

 time, these trees are cultivated in Italy to 

 so great an extent, that there are almost 

 forests of them. Prince Antonius Borghese, 

 at his palace near Rome, has upwards of 

 seventy sorts of orange and lemon-trees, 

 among which are some very rare kinds : it 

 is a fruit so much esteemed in Italy, where 

 it thrives well, that apples, pears, and 

 cherries, have almost become extinct in that 

 country. 



The delightful perfume of an orange- 

 grove is such as to scent the air for miles; 

 and the tree gives a succession of flowers 

 during the whole summer, on which account 

 it is cultivated in all green-houses, and large 

 orangeries have been built for the express 



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