ORANGE. 



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of suflScient width (four or five feet from the wall) 

 and depth about two feet, and filled with the compost 

 a month at least before the trees are planted. The 

 trees should be put in at eight or ten feet distances, 

 and trained in the fan manner. They require shad- 

 ing during the first summer ; and the surface of the 

 border should be mulched to retain moisture, so 

 essential to the growth of orange and lemon. 



The China orange is the best variety for this 

 country, being superior to those from the south of 

 Europe. As plants for mere ornament it signifies 

 little what sorts are obtained, so as they flower well. 



Orange trees are subject to be infested by the 

 brown scale, or coccus insect ; they should be dis- 

 lodged by the sponge, brush, and water, which pre- 

 vents them breeding. 



The above mentioned Mr. Green, was a first-rate 

 florist, and besides a good and ingenious man. He 

 was the inventor of the Fumigating Bellotvs, for 

 which he had a premium awarded him of twenty 

 guineas by the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and 

 Commerce. He was a favourite of the Queen, and 

 died in her service, aged eighty-one. 



SECT. XVIII. 



PEACH. 



Very little need be said respecting the high esti- 

 mation in which the peach has been long held in this 

 and other countries. It is certainly the finest fruit 



