. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. I ;::?v 4899. The lime is the Citrus Adda, Rox. (Brawn's Jam. 308.) by some esteemed a variety of the C. Medica ; the linieof the French, Italians, and Germans. () The sour lemon, or lime, grows to the height of about eight feet, with a crooked t
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. I ;::?v 4899. The lime is the Citrus Adda, Rox. (Brawn's Jam. 308.) by some esteemed a variety of the C. Medica ; the linieof the French, Italians, and Germans. () The sour lemon, or lime, grows to the height of about eight feet, with a crooked trunk, and many diffused branches, with prickles. The leaves are ovate, lanceolate, almost quite entire. Berry an inch and a half in diameter, almost glo- bular, with a protuberance at the top ; the surface regular, shining, greenish-yellow, with a very odorous rind, en- closing a very acid juice. It is a native of Asia, but has long been common in the West Indies, where it is grown both for its fruit and for fences. 5900. The uses of the lime are the same as those of the lemon, to which, in the West Indies, it is preferred; the juice being reckoned more wholesome, and the acid more agreeable to the palate. 5901. Varieties. By the catalogue in Nouveau Cours, &c. the French have two sorts of lime ; and according to Dr. Sickler, the Italians have four varieties. The following five kinds are grown in the London nurseries: — The common lime I The broad-leaved I The Chinese spreading. The weeping | The West India | 5902. The shaddock is the C. decumana, W. (Rump. am. 2. t. 24. f. 2.); the orange pampelmouse of the French ; and the arancio massimo of the Italians, (fig. 516.) The tree is above the middle size, with spreading prickly branches. The leaves are ovate, subacute, seldom obtuse; the petioles are cordate, winged ; the wings as broad as the leaves. The berry spheroidal, frequently retuse at each end, of an even surface, and greenish-yellow color; pulp, red or white; jui
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