ORANGE, 



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SECT. XVIL 



ORANGE* 



What information the author can give of the cul- 

 ture of this fruit, is reported from what has been 

 done under his own eye : though he cannot boast of 

 his success in hi^ endeavours to naturalize this 

 foreigner in the open ground. But as it is well 

 known that both the orange and lemon are brought 

 to full perfection in the w^armer parts of this kingdom, 

 it would have been an omission to have left them out 

 here, though there are but few places where the tree 

 has any chance of succeeding in the open air; and 

 fewer persons who would be at the expense of raising 

 fruit, which can be €0 cheaply had from every stall in 

 the country. 



How far the thing is practicable, however, should 

 be stated ; if for nothing else than filling up a niche 

 in the history of British gardening. 



Where there is a warm and dry spot, sheltered 

 from the north by hills or thick woods, open to the 

 southward, and within the influenoe of sea air, 

 orange and lemon trees may be planted against a 

 trellised wall, and trained like other wall trees. To 

 secure them against frost, a wooden frame of some 

 kind is fixed to the wall, so contrived as to admit ot 

 canvass curtains, or coverings in pannels, to be put 

 up and down as the season or state of the weather 

 requires. No severe degree of frost should get to the 

 plants ; and if there be no flue in the wall, sufficient 



