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generally coarse inwardly and are by no means to be compared 

 with many of smaller size for amount of juice and flavour. The 

 medium sized orange with thin smooth skin is always to be pre- 

 ferred before the larger kind having a coarse-grained skin. The 

 orange has been known in the Bermudas from their first settle- 

 ment, for the original Bermuda Company sent out seeds from 

 England in 1615. Seeds have also been brought at various 

 times from Madeira, Lisbon, and other places. The orange 

 season generally begins about the end of November and conti- 

 nues until the end of February. It may not be generally known 

 that the common sweet orange wiU stand severe cold. Mr. W. 

 M. Kedhead (Lin. Soc. Journ. Bot. Yol. IX.) states that it 

 grows in the open air at the Convent of St. Catherine, Sinai, 

 where during the winter the frost is severe enough to freeze 

 water within the cells of the convent. 



C. AUEANTiiJM, var, BiGAEADiA, Duh. *' Sour Orange." *' Sev- 

 ille Orange." It is from this variety which is frequently found 

 growing in a wild state, that marmalade is made, but owing to 

 the want of the requisite knowledge in regard to the proper me- 

 thod of manufacture the preparation made on the islands is not 

 of a superior description. The trees yield abundantly where 

 sufficient space is allowed for sun and air to get to them. When 

 perfectly ripe the fruit turns to a dark orange colour. 



C. NOBiLis, Lour, *« Mandarin Orange." Hab. China. This 

 species which is by no means common, possesses a peculiar 

 flavour, if anything, richer than that of the common orange. 

 The fruit is smaller in size, and of a deep orange colour when 

 ripe. 



C. NoBiLis, var. minor. *' Tangierine Orange." Not common. 



C. DECUMANA, Z. *« Shaddock." *' Pimple Nose Tree " of Bar- 

 bados. Hab. Asia. Grows well and produces fine fruit. 



C. RACEMOSTJS, i?^s et Poit. «' Grape Fruit." Hab. Asia, common. 



C. BUXiFOLiA, Poir. (C. Paradisi, Macf.) ^'Forbidden Fruit.' 

 Hab. Asia. Rare. 



C. LiMETTA, Riss, '* Limc." Hab. Asia. Grows wild all over 

 the islands. Also cultivated. 



C. LiMONUM, Riss. <^ Lemon." Hab. Asia. Two or three 



