191< ORANGE. 
to be tied together, and suspended on a hook in an airy 
situation, and in such manner that each lemon may hang 
perfectly free and detached. 
The cultivation of the lime is much, attended to in 
several parts of North America and the West Indies. 
Its juice affords a more grateful acid than that of the 
lemon, which is there in little repute, and is, compara- 
tively, but seldom seen. A plate of limes is said to be a 
constant dish at entertainments in the West Indies ; and 
the juice is used for all the same purposes as that of 
lemons is with us. 
208. ORANGE (Citrus atirantium, Fig. 55). The differ- 
ence betwixt orange and lemon- trees is immediately known by the 
former having a kind of winged appendage on the leafstalks, of 
which the latter are destitute. 
We are informed that the first orange-tree intro- 
duced into Europe was sent as a present, from some 
part of Asia, to the Conde Mellor, prime minister of 
the King of Portugal. It was the only one of a great 
number which were contained in the same chest that 
survived : and it became the parent stock of multitudes 
of subsequent trees. 
The delightful perfume of an orange grove is such 
as to scent the air for miles, and the flowers appear in 
succession during the whol* summer ; and flowers and 
ripe fruit are found on the same tree. Orange flowers 
are valued as a perfume, and yield their flavour to rec- 
tified spirits ; and, in distillation, both to spirits 
and water. In Portugal and Italy a fragrant red-co- 
loured oil is obtained from them, which, by some per- 
sons, is considered of more delicate and agreeable per- 
fume than even ottar of roses. 
The juice of the orange, when ripe and of good kind, 
is extremely sweet, grateful, and wholesome. In fevers, 
and other complaints, it is of considerable use for 
allaying heat and quenching thirst ; and, in scurvy, it 
has been found a very valuable remedy. The rind, 
which yields a grateful aromatic bitter, is sometimes 
