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On the Varieties of the Citrus. 



[Appendix. 



for instance, in the West Indies ; which may be owing to a 

 want of proper culture. The tree attains a height of 12 — 16 

 feet. It is, according to Dr. Sickler's account, very scarce 

 in Italy, and only to be met with in some of the principal 

 orange-houses, at Rome and Naples. 



9. Sweet White, or Striped, Orange, (Ital. Arancio bianco ; Fr. 



Oranger a fruit blanc.J 

 Fruit oblong, 2 inches in length, l^in diameter; colour light 

 yellow, with dark yellow stripes. Tree slender, 10—12 

 feet high. 



10. Sweet Variegated Orange, (Ital. Arancio lisiato ; Fr. Orange 



panachde.) 



Fruit quite round; 2 — 3 inches, in length and breadth; 

 colour light yellow, variegated with prominent greenish 

 ribs, or stripes. Tree 10—12 feet high. 



11. Common Sweet Winter Orange, (Ital. Arancio dolce d 1 in- 



verno ; Fr. Orange douce <f hiver.) 

 Fruit round ; 2 — 3 inches, in length and breadth ; colour deep 

 yellow. Tree 12—16 feet high. 



12. Sweet Rose Orange, (Ital. Arancio di Rosa; Fr. Orange 



de Rose.) 



Fruit very fragrant; round, about 2 inches in length and 

 breadth ; colour deep yellow. Whence it is called Rose 

 Orange, does not quite appear from Dr. Sickler's account ; 

 whether it be from the fragrance of the fruit, or from some 

 particular shades of colour, in the inside and on the outside, 

 to which that author alludes. 



I have, in the foregoing pages, given a cursory, or brief, deli- 

 neation of Dr. Sickler's Treatise, interspersed with remarks of 

 my own. The space allotted for the present communication did 



