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Choisya, a white-flowered shrub, with glossy trifoliate 

 leaves ; Correa, with covering of stellate scales ; 

 Dictamnw fr (lamella, a native of France ; this plant 

 abounds in volatile oil to such a degree that the 

 atmosphere surrounding it becomes inflammable in 

 hot weather. The south African Diosmas, or Buchu 

 plants, are also allied. They have a powerful (often 

 offensive) odour. Rue itself hovers between a pleasant 

 and unpleasant smell, like a weak character between 

 good and evil. But the Spanish Ruta montana, the 

 black sheep of the Orange family, takes " pecca 

 fortiter" as a maxim. It will raise a blister on the 

 hand through three pairs of gloves ! If plants of this 

 sort were common, botanizing would be a dangerous 

 pursuit. 



THE LEGEND OF THE LEMON. 



When our first parents were driven out of 

 Paradise, they determined to take with them the seeds 

 of certain fruit-trees. For the primeval pair were 

 still somewhat arboreal and frugivorous not to say 

 pithecoid in their habits, and had not yet learned to 

 subsist upon roots and grain. Adam thought the 

 apple most worthy to be carried to the outer world. 

 But Eve, disgusted with that fruit which had been 

 the cause of such distress, hid in her bosom a couple 

 of Orange-pips. One of these she dropped just out- 

 side the garden. The wretched seedling, missing the 

 balmy air of Eden, degenerated sadly. The fruit was 

 acid, and the rind had lost its rich colour and turned 

 pale. Some say that a tear-drop fell upon this pip, 

 and thus the fruit hangs elongate and sour. This 

 was the origin of the Lemon. 



