The count is neither sad nor sick, nor merry nor well; but civil count, civil as an Orange, and something of that jealous complexion. _Much Ado About Nothing_, act ii, sc. 1 (303). (2) _Claudio._ Give not this rotten Orange to your friend. _Much Ado About Nothing_, act iv, sc. 1 (33). (3) _Bottom._ I will discharge it either in your straw-coloured beard, your Orange-tawny beard. _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act i, sc. 2 (95). (4) _Bottom._ The ousel cock so black of hue With Orange-tawny bill. _Ibid._, act iii, sc. 1 (128). (5) _Menenius._ You wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an Orange-wife and a fosset-seller. _Coriolanus_, act ii, sc. 1 (77). I should think it very probable that Shakespeare may have seen both Orange and Lemon trees growing in England. The Orange is a native of the East Indies, and no certain date can be given for its introduction into Europe. Under the name of the Median Apple a tree is described first by Theophrastus, and then by Virgil and Palladius, which is supposed by some to be the Orange; but as they all describe it as unfit for food, it is with good reason supposed that the tree referred to is either the Lemon or Citron. Virgil describes it very exactly-- "Ipsa ingens arbor, faciemque simillima lauro Et si non alium late jactaret odorem Laurus erat; folia hand ullis labentia ventis Flos ad prima tenax."--_Georgic_ ii, 131.