3l38 FLORAL EMBLEM.S. 



ZEST. 



Lemon. — Citrus Limojt. 



** Bear me, Pomona, 

 To where the lemon and the piercing Ume 

 With the deep orange, glowing through the green. 

 Their hghter glories blend." 



'* Nor be the citron. Media's boast, misung." 



** Sharp-tasted citron Median climes produce. 

 Bitter the rind, but gen'rous the juice ; 

 A cordial fruit." 



This fragrant plant, whose fruit imparts such 

 an agreeable relish to the board and the bowl, 

 we present as the emblem of zest, and should 

 our pages give a similar zest for a novel and 

 innocent amusement, we shall deem our la- 

 bours most pleasingly rewarded. 



