. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. OEANGE ORANGE 1157" Another prominent stock for citrous trees is the wild hardy Citt-us trifoUata of Japan. It is a very thorny deciduous tree of somewhat dwarf habit, succeeding well on good Orange land not too dry. It influences the cion growing upon it to a great extent and causes a considerable increas
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. OEANGE ORANGE 1157" Another prominent stock for citrous trees is the wild hardy Citt-us trifoUata of Japan. It is a very thorny deciduous tree of somewhat dwarf habit, succeeding well on good Orange land not too dry. It influences the cion growing upon it to a great extent and causes a considerable increase of hardiness against cold, as well as earlier ripening of fruit; the tree itself blooms very late in the spring and ripens its fruit comparatively early. In north Florida and along the Gulf coast it is now being largely planted, worked to all varieties of Orange, pomelo, kumquat, etc., with more or less like- lihood of successful fruition. It will probably never be wanted as a'stock in localities free from frosts. The Orange tree is also worked to a small extent on the roots of other citrous trees, as pomelo, lime, bitter-sweet Orange, etc., with more or less success, as the nature of the land detennines. Propagation of these various trees is usually effected by seed. For sweet seedlings intended for orchard planting, the seed is carefully selected from the fruit of very best qualities, and only the vigorous plants are saved ; for the nursery, to be worked by budding or grafting to various sorts, the seed is taken from any fruit available, whether good in quality or not. The seeds are squeezed out of the fruit by hand, after cut- ting the skin, and not allowed to dry. The seed of Citrus trifoliata may be dried, as it keeps longer without loss of vitality. ^ Seed-beds are prepared by thoroughly digging and pulverizing the soil, which should be of a light or sandy nature, and, unless of very good quality nat- urally, should be manured slightly with composted stable manure or ch
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