■')4(} INTRODUCTION OF ORANGE TREES INTO ENGLAND- 
I have made the foregoing extracts not merely in reference to the 
date of the first introduction of orange trees into this country, and 
the length of time which they lived — both subjects in themselves of 
interest, but mor* to bring before your readers the mode of culti- 
vating them in the open ground as ornamental trees, as practised by 
Sir F. Carew ; which aiJpears to me might, on many occasions, be 
adopted with much advantage, and those beautiful trees introduced 
into pleasure grounds with ease and little expense ; moveable cases 
might be formed to cover them of cheap materials which would 
preserve them during the winter. The orange ti'ee, like many other 
evergreens, requires, I think, very little either of light or air during 
the depth of winter ; in confirmation of this remark, I would observe, 
that the finest orange trees T have ever met with have been those 
kept during the winter in the old kinds of Green-houses, with no 
light at top, and only windows in the front. Miller, in his Dic- 
tionary makes the following obsei-vation : " Of late years, there have 
been mariy orange trees planted against walls, and frames of glass 
made to fix over them in winter; and some curious persons have 
planted them in the full ground, and erected moveable covers to 
put over them in winter, which are so contrived as to be all taken 
away in summer. When these have been well executed, the trees 
have made great progress in their growth, and produced a much 
larger quantity of fruit, which have rijDened so much as to be ex- 
tremely good for eating." Miller goes on to recommend planting of 
orange trees against hot walls, for the sake of their fruit ; but as his 
book is of such easy access, and my jjresent purpose only being to 
call public attention to the planting of them in the open ground as 
ornamental trees, I shall not take up more of vour useful pages by a 
long extract. 
The improvement of horticulture has, of late years, been rapid 
and great, far beyond that of any former period ; but it is always 
desirable, when we are advancing quickly, sometimes to look back 
to observe, lest we leave behind neglected objects of real value : it is 
for this reason that I have ventured to call the attention of your 
readers to the early practice in the culture of the orange tree. 
I was some years ago told of two very fine orange trees growing 
in the open ground in South Wales ; but the name of the place has 
escaped my memory. If any of your readers should know of any 
instance in which they have succeeded, it would, I think, be gene- 
rally interesting if communicated. 
T am your obedient servant, 
J. T. 
