CITRUS LIMONIUM COBEA SCANDENS. 6/ 



CITRUS LIMONIUM. 



(LEMON TREE.) 



The blossoms of the Lemon Tree are not as large 

 as those of the Orange nor as pure white, the under- 

 side of the petals being tinged with purple. The 

 fruit ripens irregularly and falls when ripe. As an 

 instance of successful house cultivation of this plant 

 a gentleman in Reading, Pa., grew one that in 1876 

 bore 23 lemons, ten by twelve inches in circumfer- 

 ence, and weighing more than one pound each. In 

 1877 the tree was nine feet high, had 30 lemons of 

 the same size. The seedling of a common lemon 

 was budded with a large variety. The tree stands 

 during the warm season in the yard, is in a half 

 barrel, and each spring and fall part of the earth 

 is freshened and mulched with dried cow-manure. 



For treatment of the Lemon Tree see that of the 

 Orange — Citrus Aurantium. 



COBEA SCANDENS. 



This vine is named in honor of B. Cobo, a 

 Spanish priest and botanist, who first cultivated it 

 in Mexico, where he found it growing in great lux- 

 uriance and beauty. It is an old favorite on account 

 of its ample size, rapid growth, fine foliage and 

 large, bell-shaped flowers. It thrives with little 

 trouble, in the hot air of living-rooms, and will 

 gracefully drape or festoon windows, mirrors or pic- 



