250 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



LEMON-TREE. 



CITRUS-LIMON. 



AUEANTIACE^E. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



French, le limonier ; 1'arbre du limon. Italian, limone. 



THE Lemon may be treated like the Orange-tree ; and 

 as the treatment is given at great length under that head, 

 it would be useless to repeat it. The only difference is, 

 that the Lemon, being rather hardier, may be placed in 

 the more airy part of the room in winter, and may have 

 rather more water ; though the orange must be frequently 

 supplied, even in winter, unless it be a bitter frost. 



The Lemon is a variety of the Citron, which was first 

 known in Europe by the name of the Median-apple, being 

 brought from Media. Virgil terms it the " happy apple :" 

 " probably," says Mr. Davidson, " on account of its great 

 virtues :" 



ee Media fert tristes succos, tardumque saporem 

 Felicis mali ; quo non praesentius ullum, 

 Pocula si quando ssevae infecere novercae, 

 Miscueruntque herbas, et non innoxia verba, 

 Auxilium venit, ac membris agit atra venena." 



GEORGIC. 2. 



" Nor be the citron, Media's boast, unsung, 

 Though harsh the juice, and lingering on the tongue : 

 When the drugg'd bowl, mid witching curses brew'd, 

 Wastes the pale youth by step-dame hate pursued, 

 Its powerful aid unbinds the mutter 'd spell, 

 And frees the victim from the draught of hell." 



DR. PARIS'S TRANSLATION. 



Martyn, in his Notes, cites a story related by Athenaeus 

 of the use of citrons against poisons, which he had from a 

 friend of his, who was governor of Egypt. This governor 

 had condemned two malefactors to death by the bite of 

 serpents. As they were led to execution, a person, taking 



