Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-21

OTdiSo Was DeTIy anu iidu " shiCh tOt-
low rind. Mrs. Rogers sent small box
of oranges to friend in the east, and
she was very glad to get them. and took
some to sick friend who had never eat
en- any, and she said they made her feel
better.
MOther compositions on the orange
evidenced the difference between the
children as regards the ability to place
their thoughts upon paper. Miss Will
iams' composition will give an idea of
the lessons given on the subject, while
those following will show how different
scholars were impressed by the lessons
read to them. Fairfax Owen, perhaps,
makes one OF the simplest and most in
telligent statements of fact in his compo-
sition.
FAIRFAX OWEN.
The orange is an outside grower, and
is both citrus and perennial. The wood
is very hard, close grained and OF light
yellow in color. The sap which comes
up between the bark and the wood,
gives the color to the fruit and makes
the fragrant perfume.
The orange is berry, but it is unlike
all other berries. 1t has a thick rhind,
of rich yellow in color. The inside of
the orange is divided into slices or
carpets. These carpets are again divided
into cells which contain the juice.
The flower of the orange tree is useful
in many ways. There are fragrant per-
fumes made from it, and it forms the
home for many small insects.
The orange oil is made from the leaves
and the orange extract is made from the
rhind of the berry.
The orange is the most valuable berry
to export, and can be exported a greater
distance than any other berry ON ac-
count of the thick rhind which pro-
tects it.
It is somewhat amusing to notice how
the children still yet hold of facts with
out understanding them or their impor-
tanee. Possibly it can be noticed in some
of the accompanying compositions. At
any rate, it is interesting to note how
the same line of facts impresses itself
upon the different pupils.
EDDIE DIETRICH,
for instance, has made very brief, clear
statement of the facts remembered,
without any comment OF his own. He
says,
cause 1t grows in the semi-tropical belt.
1t is an evergreen tree, and grows from
the outside, so it is called an exogenous
tree. The bark of the tree is greenish
brown, and is only about an eighth of
an inch thick. The color of the wood is
yellowish white, and it is close grained.
The wood is hard and so it is good to
make handles for tools. Some parts of
furniture are also made from it. The
wood is also good to burn. Some oranges
are sweet and some are bitter. They
are good to ship, for they do not rot
very easy. Some oranges have thin
rinds and some have rinds one-fourth of
an inch thick. The leaves are dark
green and part veined; they are oval
shaped and have an entire margin. The
petiole has wings. The leaf throws out
carbon and breathes in oxygen. The
seeds have no food for the embryo.
The color of the seeds is whitish yell
low, and they are oblong in shape. The
blossom is white, and contains from
three to five petals. The color of the
petals is white. There are as many
sepals as there are petals. The sepals
are united. The stamens are generally
united by the filaments. The filament
is the long white part of the stamen.
The antler is at the top of the stamen,
and is yellow. The pollen or food for
the embryo is also yellow. The stamens
are generally of the same number as
the petals, or some multiple of that
number. The ovary, or small orange, is
green. The style is white and the stig-
ma is yellow. The ovary contains cells.
The style is cylindrical and the flower is
home for numerous insects. The
blossoms grow alternately. The orange
is berry, and has divisions called car
pels which have divisions called cells.
Willie A. Wilgus writes a composition
divided off nicely into parts. He heads
his composition like the others,
THE ORANGE
and divides it as follows:
| Tree.-The orange tree is an ever
green citrus tree and it grows to be
about the size of lemon or apple tree
The wood is a whitish yellow. They
use it for making plaques, canes anC
carpenters tools, such as planes, han.
dies, etc. The bark is dark and kind
of greenish brown, and is very thin
| The tree is an outside grower, or OK
ogenous some people call it.
Leaves.-The leaves are ovate or oval
shaped. They are dark green in color
and most always you find them curled
up. They have an entire margin. Peo
pie call it entire because it has nc
notches on the edge. They are nette(
veined. On the petiole there is some
kind of things called wings. They grow
alternately on the stem. People some
times make orange oil from the leaves
They are useful for breathing for tht
tree.
Flower flower is regular in
shape it is waxy and furnishes food fo
a great many insects. The corolla il
composed of from three to five petals
The stamens are generally the sam'
number or some multiple of the numbel
of petals, but not always. They arr
generally united at the bottom by theil
filaments. The filament is white anC
the anter is yellow, when young, bu
when old grows brown.
The pistil is composed of the ovary
style and stigma. The ovary, which
developes into the orange is green. The
style is white and is cylindrical in shape
The stigma is round and fiat and il
yellow in color.
Fruit.--There are two classes of oranges
sweet and bitter. The orange is berry
but is different from most berries be
cause it is enclosed in thick rind.
is composed of carpets, and the carpelI
are composed of little cells.