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shaped, and entire, the whole plant having a hoary appear- 

 ance. The flowers are pea-shaped, bright scarlet, and freely 

 produced. It is very subject to the attacks of mildew, which 

 must be carefully guarded against by keeping the plant in 

 good order, and dusting slightly with sulphur. 



C. varium. — The leaves of this kind, as its name implies, 

 are somewhat variable in shape. It is a compact-growing 

 plant, producing its orange and red pea-shaped flowers in 

 great abundance during the spring months. 



C. varium Chandleri. — A fine dwarf-growing variety, with 

 long branching shoots, and racemes of bright orange and 

 scarlet flowers. 



CiTEUS. 



Most persons are well acquainted with the Orange Tree, 

 and have seen with admiration the fruits hanging upon them, 

 either in a small or large state. These trees are much grown 

 in Continental gardens for terrace decoration in summer, for 

 which they are well adapted. There is a very extensive col- 

 lection in the Eoyal Gardens at Potsdam in Prussia, where a 

 splendid house, 1,000 ft. long, 45 ft. broad, and about 25 ft. 

 high, has been erected for the reception of these magnificent 

 trees. In France, Italy, and Belgium also fine large trees are 

 to be found ; but with us they have certainly not been 

 encouraged so much as they ought to have, neither have they 

 received the attention to which they are fairly entitled. It is 

 Bot our intention to enumerate many of the species and 

 varieties, for they are very numerous, but to describe a few 

 of the most interesting and ornamental of them. 



The common Orange^ Lemon, Lime, Shaddock, Citron, 

 Paradise Orange or Forbidden Fruit, with their numerous 

 varieties, all belong to this genus, and make noble decorative 

 plants, either in the young state with a few of their golden 



