An encyclopædia of gardening; (1826) (14768946171)

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Title: An encyclopædia of gardening;

Year: 1826 (1820s)

Authors: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843

Subjects: Gardening

Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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6 ditto. Lumies orfLumies 5 ditto. Lomes I, Apple lumies 3 ditto. kinds and culture of the orange, publishedin 1815, Der Vollkommen Orangerie-Gart-ner (The Complete Orange-Gardener), inwhich he describes above seventy sorts ofcitrus, including all the species above men-tioned. He arranges the whole in twoclasses, and these classes into divisionsand subdivisions, without regard to theirbotanic distinctions or species, thus: — LLimes 4 ditto. _ r Bitter oranges 6 ditto. Oranges... J Sour oranges 6 ditto. (.Sweet oranges , 12 ditto. 766 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Part III. The names and some descriptive traits of these seventy-four sorts of citrus will befound in A Short Delineation of Dr. Sicklers Treatise, by Dr. Noehden, in the Hort.Trans, vol. iii. App. 4881. Gallesio (Traite du Genus Citrus, &c. Savonna, 1818.) has given a sj-noptictree (f.g. 509.), in which he has introduced ramifications which display an arrangementof the forty principal sorts cultivated in Italy. 509 • ^ 1 i

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4882. The most splendid ivork on oranges which has yet appeared is the HistoireNaturelle des Grangers, by Risso, of Nice, and Poiteau, of Versailles. (Paris, fol. 1818.)Here 169 sorts are described, and 105 of them figured, and their French and Italianculture given at great length. They are arranged as sweet oranges, of which theydescribe 43 sorts ; bitter and sour oranges, 32 sorts ; bergamots, 5 sorts ; limes, 8 sorts ;ihaddocks, 6 sorts; lumes, 12 sorts; lemons, 46 sorts; citrons, 17 sorts. 4883. All the species of citrus endure the open air at Alee, Genoa, and Naples; but atFlorence and Milan, and often at Rome, they require protection during the winter, andare generally placed in conservatories and sheds. The largest conservatory in Italy isthat of Prince Antonio Borghese, at Rome, which contains seventy select sorts ofagrumi. The largest trees are at Sorenta, Teracina, Gaeta, and Naples ; but the mostregular and garden-like culture of the orange, is in the orange-orchards at Ner

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