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 Seville orange. The firt ort is far uperior, in flavour and weetnes, to any fruit of the kind to be had in England; the bergamot orange is mall, but it is a mot delicious fruit; and the Seville orange is very erviceable. The blooms of their trees have a delighting fragrant mell, which is to be cented at a great ditance; and the fruit, when ripe and full on them, has a very pleaing appearance.

The lemon and lime trees bear alo very aromatic, centing blooms; and the fruit of both is in great abundance, large, and of an excellent quality. Of thee, the latter epecially, great quantities are often ent in barrels to England and America; the neighbouring Englih ilands are likewie often upplied with them from this country, epecially thoe of Antigua and Barbadoes. The