. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . e-cloth in the winter; andby the warmth of a stove, or such other thing, givethem some comfort in the colder times : but no tentor meane provision will preserve them. The orangetrees at Versailles are, during the winter, wheeled intowarm places under the terrace ; and the same plan isto be pursued with respect to some fine orange-treesat Windsor, which have been lately presented to hisMajesty by the King of France. At Hampton 2 G 2 336 ^^GETABLE SUBSTANCES. Court there are many orange-trees, some o
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . e-cloth in the winter; andby the warmth of a stove, or such other thing, givethem some comfort in the colder times : but no tentor meane provision will preserve them. The orangetrees at Versailles are, during the winter, wheeled intowarm places under the terrace ; and the same plan isto be pursued with respect to some fine orange-treesat Windsor, which have been lately presented to hisMajesty by the King of France. At Hampton 2 G 2 336 ^^GETABLE SUBSTANCES. Court there are many orange-trees, some of whichare stated to be three hundred years old. They aregenerally moved into the open air about the middleof June, when the perfume of their blossoms is mostdelicious. Orange and lemon-trees have been culti-vated in the open air in England. For a hundredyears, in a few gardens of the south of Devon-shire, they have been seen, trained as peach-treesagainst walls, and sheltered only with mats of strawduring the winter. The fruit of these is stated tobe as large and fine as any from Portugal*.. The Shaddock. The Shaddock is much larger than the orange,both in the tree and the fhiit. The tree is both loflyand spreading, and the fruit is about eight inches incircumference,— some, indeed, much larger. Theshaddock is a native of China and the adjoiningcountries, where the name of sweet ball is givento it. There are many varieties—some with the pulpwhite, others with it nearly red; some that are sweet, * Hort. Trans., vol. i. THE SHADDOCK. 337 with but little acidity—and some acid, with but littlesweetness. The sliaddock derived its specific namefrom havrn; been first carried from China to theWest Indies by Captain Shaddock. It has, however,been nei>;lected there, and now but seldom merits itsoriental name of sweet ball. Tlie planters have neverbeen remarkable for their knowledo^e of science, ortheir skill in the new operations of the arts; andthus, instead of projjagating th
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