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Deptford. Large, round, and flat, mild 
in flavour, pale brown colour; keeps 
till April. 
Globe, White. Medium size, rather 
taper in form, delicate flavour ; keeps 
till March. 
James’s Keeping. Rather small, oval, 
deep red, mild in flavour; keeps longer 
than any other. 
Lisbon. Large, round, brownish red; 
hardy, and keeps till April. 
Portugal. Large, depressed round bulb, 
of a pale brown colour ; mild, and may 
be kept till the end of March. 
Reading. Of medium size, round, pale 
brown streaked with red; keeps till 
March. 
Spanish, White. Very large, depressed 
round bulb of a pale brown colour; 
mild, but does not keep well. 
Spanish, Brown. Very large, handsome 
round bulb, slightly depressed, of a 
deep reddish brown; keeps till March. 
Strasburgh. A medium-sized, round, 
brown bulb; does not keep well. 
Tripoli. A large handsome, round, deep 
red bulb; very hardy, but a bad 
keeper. 
Silverskin. Small, round white bulb ; 
grown only for pickling. 
ORANGE. Citrus Aurantium (Risso.) 
Nat. Ord. Aurantiacece. The genus to 
which the present subject belongs, is 
composed of noble growing trees, every 
member of which is equally esteemed, 
both for its ample deep green foliage, 
and handsome golden fruit, as grateful 
to the taste as its appearance is pleasing 
to the eye. It contains, besides the 
Orange, the Lemon, Citron, Lime, and 
Shaddock, and some other species that 
are ornamental only. The culture of 
these trees expressly for their fruit, is 
not so generally practised now as it was 
some years ago, though in most places 
a specimen or two are still retained, from 
regard to their noble appearance. They 
delight in rather strong rich soil, such 
as a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, anc 
rotten dung, to which may be added 
sufficient sand or peat to keep the mass 
porous; plenty of pot-room is also neces¬ 
sary to a healthy development, and when 
the trees are growings gentle moist heat 
of about 60° should be kept about them, 
though, at other times, they do not re¬ 
quire more protection than will preserve 
them from frost. Indeed, through the 
summer months, they are generally 
placed in the open air, and so that it is 
not done before the plants- have com¬ 
pleted their growth, it is undoubtedly 
beneficial, as it will then assist in ripen¬ 
ing the new growths, and thus induce a 
fruitful state. Just previous to the 
development of the season’s growth, such 
plants as require it should be repotted, 
and the remainder receive a top dressing 
of some rich compost, to throw vigour 
into the new wood. The propagation 
of all the species is effected by any of 
the ordinary means ; new varieties are 
produced from seed, but it is a pursuit 
so tedious in our climate, as to be seldom 
attempted; cuttings make good plants, 
but they are somewhat longer arriving 
at a bearing state, than plants formed 
by grafting; the latter operation is there¬ 
fore most usually employed. Citron 
stocks, from their more vigorous habit, 
are generally preferred, and, as cuttings 
of these may readily be struck, but very 
few others are used. Where it is de¬ 
sired to have the fruit in perfection, 
these trees should either be planted in 
a large house and trained as standards, 
or what is better, should be treated in 
the manner of peaches, and be trained 
in a narrow house, either to a trellis at a 
few feet from the glass, or nailed to the 
back wall, where, from the greater 
amount of light and heat they would 
receive, there can be no question that 
the fruit would be proportionately finer, 
supposing the quantity of either to be 
regulated by the condition and require¬ 
ments of the plants at their several 
stages of action, growth, ripening, and 
rest. 
PARSLEY. Petroselinum sativum 
(De Candolle.) Nat. Ord. Umbellifera . 
The seed of this useful pot-berb should 
be sown in March, either in drills 
eight inches or a foot apart upon an 
open piece of good ground, or as an 
edging to the quarters containing other 
vegetables; when up about an inch, the 
