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covering must be laid on to repel it. When the 

 ^vnrm weather of summer is corinrmed, say after the 

 end of May, or according to the forwardness of the 

 season, the trees are constantly exposed until the 

 return of winter. 



Another way of growing orange trees is by plant- 

 ing standards on the south side of a high wall, and 

 haying a fixed frame enclosing them, to receive glazed 

 lights in winter, as well as a fire flue to be heated 

 during the cold season. A house of this description 

 was erected in a small garden near Kew, kept chiefly 

 for forcing flowers for Queen Charlotte, under the 

 management of Green, her Majesty's flower gar- 

 dener. The fruit produced in thi& house were ex- 

 cellent : and all the summer, when uncovered, were 

 a beautiful sight. 



In some places there are regular orange houses 

 erected for this sole purpo&e ; in which the trees are 

 trained to a back trellis, or planted as standards in 

 the ground, or kept in large pots, or boxes. Here 

 the trees receive the necessary treatment, and yield 

 abundant crops. 



A suitable corapr/st for orange trees to grow in is 

 indispensable, whether planted in the ground or in 

 boxes. The following is what the writer has found 

 most congenial to them. The best and richest loam, 

 mixed with well-decayed stable or cowhouse dung ; 

 three parts of the former with one part of the latter, 

 well turned and incorporated together. This will 

 answer for either borders, where the trees are to he 

 planted, or for boxes. The borders should be mads 



