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which have been as well- tailed as'any 

 of thofe which are brought over from 

 Italy. 



The feventh Sort is fo me what 

 tenderer than the other, and requires 

 a warmer Situation in Winter ; other- 

 wife the Fruit is very fubjecl to drop 

 off at that Seafon. 



The eighth Sort is commonly 

 call'd the wild Lemon (:hough im- 

 properly], becaufe it has "many 

 Thorns upon the Branches ; but this 

 will produce very fair Fruit in this 

 Kingdom. The Flowers of this 

 Kind are generally of a redifii or 

 purplifti Colour on the Outfide be- 

 fore they open ; but afterwards fade, 

 and change to a paler. The Leaves 

 of this are alfo of a very deep Green, 

 and gently ferrated upon their Edges. 



The furrow'd Lemon is in divers 

 Gardens \ti England, where the Fruit 

 very often ripens well, and is chiefly 

 kept for Variety, as differing from 

 the common Sort in having deep 

 Furrows in the Fruit ; but it is not 

 fo good fcr Ufe, nor does the Fruit 

 produce fo much Juice, as the com- 

 mon Sort. 



The childing Lemon is alfo pre- 

 ferved as a Cunofity, the old Fruit 

 commonly producing a young one 

 from its Centre. 



The two Scrts of Limes are like- 

 wife in many Gardens in this King- 

 dom j but thefe require the fame 

 Degree of Warmth as the Shaddock 

 Orange, in order to produce Fruit ; 

 for if they are placed among Orange- 

 trees, the Fruit will fall away in 

 Winter, and come to nothing. 



The two variegated Sorts are pre- 

 fervedfor their ftrip'd Leaves (which 

 are greatly eileem'd by fome Per- 

 fons who are curious in collecting 

 variegated Plants) ; but thefe are 

 tenderer than the plain Sorts; and 

 if not duly attended in Winter, will 



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be very apt to caft their Leaves, and 

 appear very unfightly. 



There is alfo another Sort, which 

 produces double Flowers ; but this 

 feems not to be very conitant ; for 

 I have obferv'd upon the fame Tree 

 fome Flowers fmgle, and others dou- 

 ble, at the fame time. 



All thefe Sorts are propagated by 

 budding or inarching them on Stocks 

 of Lemons or Citrons produced from 

 Seeds ; but they will not fo readily 

 unite on Orange-ftocks ; for which 

 Reafon the Citrons are preferable to 

 either Oranges or Lemons for 

 Stocks, as they readily join with either 

 Sort ; and being of larger Growth, 

 caufe the P.uds of the other Sorts to 

 ihoot much ftronger than if they 

 were on Stocks of their own Kind. 

 The Method of raifing thefe Stocks, 

 and the Manner of budding them, 

 being already exhibited under the 

 Article of Aurantium, it would be 

 fuperfluous to repeat it here. 



The Culture of the Lemon being 

 the fame with that of the Orange- 

 tree, it would be alfo needlefs tore- 

 peat it here : therefore I mall only 

 obferve, that the common Lemons 

 are fomewhat hardier than the Oran- 

 ges, and will bring their Fruit to 

 Maturity with us better than they 

 will do, and require a greater Share 

 of freih Air in Winter ; for which 

 Reafon they fhou'd always be placed 

 nearer to tne Doors or Windows of 

 the Green-houfe : and in fome curi- 

 ous Gardens thefe Trees have been 

 planted againft Walls ; where, by 

 covering them with Glaffes in Win- 

 ter, and protecting them from fe- 

 vere Froft, they have produced 

 plenty of large Fruit : as thefe Trees 

 generally produce ftrc^ger Shoots, 

 fo they require more Water to be 

 given tnem, than the Orange; but 

 as to the tender Sorts, they muft be 



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