52 PuBEST TEEES. 



Arabia, where it is much relished as a condiment 

 with fish, meats and such like. The tree is cultivated 

 in nearly every Indian garden, and is easily raised 

 from seed like all the species and varieties of the 

 genus Citrus. 



118 Citrus medica var. Limetta. Kan. Gaja nimbe- 

 Fig.— ^oi. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. 

 References.— .^onflwa's Or. and Lem. of Ind. and 



Cey. ; Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. ; Pharm. Ind^ 



The sweet lime of India. A shrub or small tree 



confined to garden cultivation. Fruit round, larger 



than the country orange ; thin skinned ; much 



used for pickling. 



119 Citrus Aurantium, Linn. Kan: Kituie. 

 Fig-Sot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection . 



'References— F^ora of Brit. Ind. ; Pharm. Ind. ; 

 Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. ; Bonavia's Or. 

 and Lem. of Ind. and Cey. 



The orange tree. This beautiful fruit tree is not 

 extensively grown in Mysore, although it succeeds 

 well in the adjoining province of Coorg. 



It is an important fruit which is capable of much 

 expansion and improvement in the warm, temperate 

 a,nd sub-tropical regions of India, and it is surprising, 

 with so many European planters in, such localities, 

 that more is not made of the orange. In this pro- 

 vince the districts of Hassan, Shimoga and Kadur, 

 must afford favorable sites for cultivation, also the 

 sheltered valleys of the Baba Budan hiUs. The 

 several uses of this long-keeping fruit, of which 

 there are many varieties, are fully explained in the 

 works referred to at the head of these remarks. 



Cultivation- — Seedlings are easily raised from pips, 

 but to obtain a shapely tree, capable of bearing good 



