92 Gardening in Egypt. 



C. nobilis Mandarin Yousef Effendi. In the more 

 modern gardens the Mandarin is sometimes grown 

 with round bushy heads similar to an ornamental tree ; 

 and, like the orange, it requires a sheltered position 

 and a prepared soil if good crops are to be obtained. 

 Trees of this kind should have their tall shoots pruned 

 back in February, and care should be taken that the 

 soil is not too wet or too dry when the fruit is just 

 forming, otherwise much of it will fall. Where there 

 are very heavy crops a considerable quantity of fruit 

 will be sure to drop during the hot weather, as the 

 tree will be overladen, and nature will intervene in 

 order that it may not become impoverished. It might 

 be, perhaps, advisable, under such circumstances, in 

 small gardens, to go over the trees and thin out the 

 crowded fruit. 



Irrigation should be done every fourteen days during 

 the summer, the time for which can be ascertained 

 by cutting up a piece of the soil to see if it is dry 

 beneath. Manure-water occasionally given at this time 

 when the soil is not too dry will also assist the trees. 



In large plantations where little pruning is done, all 

 dead and useless wood should be cut out in April, 

 and a dressing of cow manure may be given every 

 second year in February to induce the roots to come 

 to the surface. 



C. media The Citron Touroung Balady. Com- 

 monly grown in the gardens as an ornamental tree. 

 It has bold, dark green foliage, and its large pendant 

 fruits of the size of an ostrich's egg are very ornamental. 

 It is easily propagated by ringing or layering. 



All the Citrus tribe and plants with aromatic 

 leaves, such as the Sweet Bay, Croton, &c., are 

 attacked during the spring and summer, especially 

 in gardens near the sea, by a small brown scale. 

 This I have succeeded in destroying by syringing 

 with a solution of a wine-glassful of petroleum and 

 a small piece of soft soap to a pail of water, 

 which should be kept stirred while using, and apply 



