. 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. 1154 ORANGE lows: Garey, "Orange Culture in California," San Fran- cisco, 1882 ; Moore, "Treatise of Orange Culture in Florida, Louisiana and California," Ni>w York and Jacksonville, Third Edition. 18S:!; IWanville, "Practical Oranfre Culturf iTi.' I'lilfM,-,- of the Ora
. 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. 1154 ORANGE lows: Garey, "Orange Culture in California," San Fran- cisco, 1882 ; Moore, "Treatise of Orange Culture in Florida, Louisiana and California," Ni>w York and Jacksonville, Third Edition. 18S:!; IWanville, "Practical Oranfre Culturf iTi.' I'lilfM,-,- of the Orange, Lemon. LiiiM'. .i' ..â !>. i . m,â ,,.!. Iiniis as grown in ;; .1^1 1, ,! , ! - -. "The Orange: ItsC'ullurr u. . also c-unsult '. 'i ': lications of the California For an account of the point of view, see Citrus. should Ml:' I I ; and the puh- p Hoard of Horticulture, nge from the botanical L. H. B. Orange CtJLTUBE in Florida.âThe foundation of Orange culture in Florida was laid, it is believed, by the accidental distribution of sour Orange seeds by the Indians, who obtained the fruit from trees planted by the Spaniards in early days, and which were probably grown from imported seeds. These sour Oranges were carried from camp to camp, and the seeds thus scattered through the northern and central parts of peninsular Florida found congenial soil and conditions in the open hardwood forests and live- oak groves of that region, and in time formed wild groves of great extent, always in places where more or less protected from sun and radiation by towering live-oaks, magnolias and similar trees. Sweet Oranges were grown to some extent for family use even before the civil war, but in the absence of transportation facilities were considered of no commer- cial value. Between 1865 and 1870, however, the Orange trees along the banks of the St. John's river began to attract attention as a profitable investment, and a little later an enter
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