Orange and Lemon Trees:

These are favorites for parlor culture, and easily wn. Their treatm is almost idical with that required for the camellia: the same soil, the same temperature, and the same general treatm will produce success in the culture of both.

But they are by no means so clean plants as the camellia, being very subject to scale and mealy bug. The only remedy is constant washing, both of the stem and leaves, with a weak soap-suds warm, and applied with a soft cloth. Grown in large tubs they do well in a parlor if kept sufficily cool, and in summer succeed well out of doors.

They are thirsty plants and require much wa: good

drainage is essial. From December to March they will make but little wth; then wa moderately. About the first of March wth begins, succeeded by bloom; and then give more wa. Af the young wth becomes hardened, they may be set outdoors if the weather is favorable.

A viol wind disfigures the foliage. The young

fruit will set in April and May, and will continue green all summer, coloring the next spring, and holding on the tree a long time. At the first approach of frost, the plants should be removed to their win quars. The lemon does not bloom and fruit as early as the orange, and is of taller wth and less fitted for the parlor: the blossoms are smaller and purplish outside.

The little dwarf "Otaheite orange" is a very common

variety, and is always noticeable for its profusion of fruit. The flowers are not as fine as the other kinds, though plifully produced. The fruit is sweet, but without flavor.

The Mandarin orange is one of the finest species (dwarf), and producing an abundance of fruit of the most exquisite flavor. Unfortunately it is not common. There are many other larger wing species, all of which produce a profusion of white flowers, exquisitely fragrant.

Among these, the myrtle leaved is conspicuous for its

shining foliage, and the large shaddock for its enormous white flowers. The former is as symmetrical in its wth as the lat is tall and ungainly. Oranges and lemons raised from seed must attain a large size before they will bloom.

The bet plan is to graft or rather bud the seedling when about a year old. This operation is simple, but is best performed in a green-house and it is therefore bet to employ some neighboring florist to do it. Any variety may be budded on a common seedling stock. Oranges and lemons will live under neglect, but to w and flower them to perfection, attion to details, especially of cleanliness, is indispensable.