THE ORANGE. 



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Citrus-^TiiE Orange Family. 

 Citrus Aurantium — The Orange. 



The orange is a native of Asia. The rich, golden fruit 

 displayed among its dark, evergreen foliage, renders it the 

 most beautiful of fruit trees. The tree usually rises 

 twenty-five or thirty feet, with a round, symmetrical 

 head, the bark of the trunk being an ashy gray, while that 

 of the twigs is a soft green. The leaves are of a fine, 

 healthy, shining green ; its blossoms are delicately fra- 

 grant, with an aroma that never satiates or offends ; and 

 as the tree is in all stages of bearing at one and the same 

 time in flower and in golden fruit, nothing can surpass an 

 orange grove in the combination of attractions. 



Wild or bitter oranges are found in the various parts of 

 Florida, as far north as 28°. Where they are found, a 

 good soil is indicated. It may have originated from the 

 Seville orange, introduced by the Spaniards. The orange 

 is considerably cultivated in Florida, and somewhat on the 

 sea-coast of Carolina and Georgia. 



It has been analyzed by Howny and How. Like other 

 fruit trees, it requires a soil well supplied with lime, 

 potash, and the phosphates. 



Potassa, . 

 Soda, . 

 Lime, 



Magnesia, . 

 Sesquioxide of Iron, 

 Sulphuric Acid, 

 Silicic Acid, 

 Phosphoric Acid, 

 Chloride of Sodium, 



ROOT. 



STEM. 



lEAVES. 



FRUIT. 



SEED. 



15.43 



11.69 



16.51 



36.42 



40.28 



4.52 



3.07 



1.68 



11.42 



0.92 



49.89 



55.13 



56.38 



24.52 



18.97 



6.91 



6.34 



5.72 



8.06 



8.74 



1.02 



0.57 



0.52 



0.46 



0.80 



5.78 



4.64 



4.43 



3.74 



5.10 



1.75 



1.22 



4.83 



0.44 



1.13 



13.47 



17.09 



3.27 



11.07 



23.24 



1.18 



0.25 



6.66 



3.87 



0.82 



199.95 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 

 Per centage of ash, 4.48 2.74 13.73 3.94 3.30 



