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Ground is brought to a Tilth for 

 other Grain ; and is frequently fown 

 ■upon the Sward with one Plowing ; 

 but it is much better to give the 

 Sward time to rot, before the Oats 

 are fown. 



AURANTIUM, The Orange- 

 tree. 



The Characlers are ; 

 The Leaves have two Lobes or Ap- 

 pendages at their Bafe, which are 

 like Ears, and cut in fortn of an 

 Heart: the Fruit is round a?id de- 

 prejfed, and of a yellow Colour when 

 ripe : the Juice is fweet ; in which 

 it differs from the Citron and Limon. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Aurantium a cri medulla, vul- 

 gare. Ferr. Hefp. The common Se- 

 mite Orange. 



2. Aurantium medulla dulci \vul- 

 gare. Ferr. Hefp. The fweet Seville 

 Orange. 



3. A urantium Sinenfe. Ferr. 

 Hefp. The China Orange. 



4. Aurantium crijpo J olio. Ferr. 

 Hefp. The curl'd-leav'd Orange. 



5. Aurantium crifpo folio, ele- 

 gant iff me variegato. Bcerh.Lnd. The 

 ftriped curl'd leaved Orange. 



6. Aurantium comiculatum. 

 Ferr. Hefp. The horned Orange. 



7. Aurantium folio variegate, 

 t'ulgare, Anglicum diBum. Bocrh. 

 Ind. The common ftriped Orange. 



8. Aurantium hermaphroditum, 

 partim Aurantium, partim Citrium. 

 The Hermaphrodite Orange. 



9. Aurantium angufo fallcis 

 folio diftum. Boerh. Ind. Willow- 

 leaved Orange, commonly called, 

 The Turky Orange. 



ro. Aurantium angufo falicis 

 folio, elegantifflme variegato. The 

 itriped Turky Orange. 



11. Aurantium fruBu maxima, 

 India Orientalis. Boerh. Ind. The 

 Pumpelmoes, or Shaddock. 



12, Aurantium fore duplid. 



Ferr. Hefp. The double flowefd. 

 Orange. 



13. Aurantium pumilum, fub~ 

 acri medulla. Bartol. The common 

 Dwarf, or Nutmeg Orange. 



14. Aurantium fumilum, folio 

 iff fruclu varicgato, medulla pera- 

 cida. Bartol. The Dwarf ftriped 

 Orange. 



15. Aurantium Sinicum pumi- 

 lum. Camel. The Dwarf China 

 Orange. 



16. Aurantium fcemina, feu 

 faetifrum. Ferr. Hefp. The child- 

 ing Orange. 



17. Aurantium difortum. Ferr. 

 Hefp. The difcorted Orange. 



18. Aurantium maximum ver- 

 rucofo cor t ice. Bartol. The large 

 warted Orange. 



19. Aurantium fellatum Cif 

 rofeum. Ferr. Hefp. The Harry- 

 Orange. 



20. Aurantium dulci cortice. 

 Ferr. HfprThe Orange with a fweet 

 Rind. 



The China Orange is not fo hardy 

 as the Seville \ therefore muft be 

 treated more tenderly, placing it in 

 Winter in the warmeft Part of the 

 Green-houfe, and houfing it earlier 

 in Autumn ; otherwife the Fruit will 

 all drop from the Trees. This Sort 

 rarely produces good Fruit in Eng- 

 land, nor are the Leaves of the Tree 

 near fo large, or beautiful, as thofe 

 of the Seville Orange ; therefore the 

 latter mould be preferr'd, and only 

 a Tree or two of the China Sort kept 

 for Variety. 



The two Dwarf Oranges are alfo 

 tender, and their Leaves are very 

 fmall, growing in Ckllers : the Flow- 

 ers of thefe grow very clofe together, 

 and apper-r like a Nofegay, the 

 Branches being covered with them. 

 This Sort, when in Flower, is pro- 

 per to place in a Room or Gallery, 

 to adorn them ; the Flowers, being 



very 



