. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1156 ORANGE As fares sweep over the pme laucK lunu'dh burninK the lesmous pme straw, there is a â )od deal uf flnelj divided charcoal in these soils but i erj little humus, while m hammock soil the percentage of humus is often veiy large Platwoods (low pine land) is ch
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1156 ORANGE As fares sweep over the pme laucK lunu'dh burninK the lesmous pme straw, there is a â )od deal uf flnelj divided charcoal in these soils but i erj little humus, while m hammock soil the percentage of humus is often veiy large Platwoods (low pine land) is chaiacterized b\ several smill coned hpecies of pme which otheiHise^er-* much li57 Florida Orane: grove resemble the long-leaved pines. This laud is often un- derlaid with hardpan a foot or two below the surface. Much of it is subject to overflow in tiie rainy months, and when overgrown with gallberry bushes it is useless for Orange culture. A prairie is a tract in the flatwoods overgrown with grass only and covered by standing water during a part of each year. A scrub is a tract of white sand âoften like clean granulated sugarâovergrown with dwarfed live-oaks and other bushes, mr)srlv of the heath family and usu- ally only a fow liiih, trees, tbi- .â¢|Mn moss and â .i\]\ii\ Orange c'uitmr i and constantly frrtiiizi-ii. A bay or bayhead is a deep accumulation of humus â muck and peat. When drained, such lands make the best vegetable gardens. The shell-mounds are, as theirnarae implies, accumu- lations of the shclK "f iiKiriin ..r fresh-water mollusks. intermixed with to be thirsty, th supplied, and alt and produce fine long-lived liumus. They are apt li. M plenty of water is it;c will grow upon them fruit, the trees are not nd seem subject to disease. The finest silky-skinned fruit is rarely, if ever, produced by trees in vigorous health and rugged growth. The tendency of Orange trees on pine land, especially bottomless pine lands âthose not underlaid with
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