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fence, our remarks on this head being applicable to all the 
rest. 
The Lime (Citrus Limonia) is a. tree of little elevation, 
loftier than the Citron, but lower than any of the other indi- 
viduals of the Orange tribe. In general aspect it is regular, 
with a yellowish-green leaf, oval-pointed, the length double 
the breadth. The corolla is delicate, the stamens from 20 
to 30 in number, and the pistil lengthened out, or sometimes 
wanting. ‘The fruit is a berry, small and ovoid, its pericarp 
or rind thin, yellow, aromatic, interiorly adhering to the pulp. 
The perisperm is composed of many cavities filled with a 
whitish aromatic acid pulp. The seeds are small, externally 
yellowish, internally white. 
This is a native of the East, having been unknown to the 
ancient Greeks and Romans. It was first brought, along 
with the Orange, into. Syria. and the adjacent countries bor- 
dering on the Mediterranean, by the Arabs, they having 
become acquainted with it in their conquests in the east. 
From thence it found its way, during the crusades, into the 
southern districts of Europe, where it has since continued 
to flourish. It was probably brought to these islands by the 
Spaniards, at an early date after their discovery. 
The Lime is of rapid growth, forming, if proper care has 
been taken, a fence in two years and ahalf. It is best raised 
from seed, sown in the line we wish the fence to. be estab- 
lished. It prefers a cool and rather moist climate, an 
soil of loose rich mould. It often succeeds even in | wet soft 
land, where the logwood fails. The land in which it is to be 
planted should always undergo some previous preparation, but 
as this is seldom attended to, the seeds or roots being com- 
monly placed on a hard, impervious, and, it may chance to be, 
meagre soil; no attempt having been made to loosen the co- _ 
hesion of the particles by tillage, or to enrich the ground by — 
proper manures and composts, it is no wonder if the fence fre- 
quently comes up straggling and stunted, with. large gaps, 
and of a sear and sickly aspect. The soil, indeed, in this case, 
requires as much careful preparation as in any other branch 
of cultivation. When this is attended to, the roots penetrate 
