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HOCKINGS GARDEN MANUAL. 



Planting \ &c. : Some authorities recommend the 

 trees to be planted ten feet apart, trained to a single 

 stem for five or six feet, and then to form the head. 

 The ripe fruit is bruised between stones which do not 

 crush the kernel \ the pulp is put into rush bags and 

 gently pressed to obtain " Virgin Oil," and is after- 

 wards pressed a second and third time to obtain oil of 

 other qualities. It deposits a white, fibrous, and albu- 

 minous matter, and may then be drawn off into clear 

 glass flasks. 



The value of the crop and the longevity of the tree 

 unite to recommend it for general purposes of shade 

 or shelter. Enquiry is often made for suitable trees to 

 plant, singly or in clumps, either as shade for stock, 

 or for landscape effect, on large, naked areas : and this 

 tree appears well suited for the purpose. It would 

 also be valuable, both for shelter and profit, if planted 

 as a breakwind on the boundaries of runs and large 

 plantations. 



Since the foregoing article appeared in the first 

 edition of this work, a pamphlet on " The Olive and 

 its Products" by Mr. L. A. Bernays, one of the Vice- 

 Presidents of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society, 

 has been issued from the Government Printing Office ; 

 and all who propose to cultivate the tree for commer- 

 cial purposes should consult its pages for much valuable 

 information as to the progress of the industry in the 

 southern colonies, and for useful diagrams illustrating 

 the cultivation of the tree, the extraction of the oil. kc. 



THE ORANGE— (Citrus Aurantium). 



The orange is an evergreen tree, growing to the 

 height of twenty feet, and often attaining a great age. 

 At Versailles, it is said, there are orange trees over 400 

 years old. It is a native of the temperate zone, and 

 will probably not thrive very far north, unless on 



