THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 5T 
Citrus Bigaradia, Loist. Bitter orange. 
Berry large, orange-colored, smooth, bitter, and acid; a beautiful 
fruit in appearance ; the flower is also very large and highly perfumed; 
leaves large, dark, and glossy. A handsome tree. 
Citrus vulgaris, Risso. Seville orange. 
Citrus Aurantium, Linn. Sweet orange. 
Occasionally weighs over 1 pound, and is of excellent flavor. The 
best were in 1876 grown at Spanish Point. 
Citrus nobilis, Lour. Mandarine orange. 
Mandarine oranges of large size, and the finest quality, were pro- 
duced by one tree at Mount Langton, but the fruit is not much met 
with. 
Citrus nobilis, Lour. var. minor. Tangerine oranges. 
Also rare in the Islands. 
@itrus decumanus, Linn. Shaddock. 
Grown at Somerville and elsewhere. 
Citrus racemosus, Ris et Poit. Grape fruit. 
So called from being produced in bunches. The trees may be dis- 
tinguished by the very large, heart-shaped wings on the leaf-stalks. 
Citrus buxifolia, Poir. (C. Paradisi, Macf.) Forbidden fruit. 
A variety of the Shaddock, and rarely met with. 
Citrus Medica, Linn. Citron. 
Rarely met with. 
Glycosmis pentaphylla var. citrifolia, Lindl. 
In some gardens. : 
Oranges, formerly very abundant in Bermuda, and of excellent qual- 
ity, have of late years comparatively died out. The quantity grown is 
nothing like equal to the local demand, and such extravagant prices as 
3 shillings or even 4 shillings a dozen are sometimes asked for fine ones. 
This unfortunate result is due to a disease to which the trees are sub- 
ject, to general horticultural neglect, and to the preoccupation of the 
good soil by more remunerative crops. The trees suffer extremely from a 
white coccus, with knobs or prominences on the exterior shell, which 
