338 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



ZEST. 



LEMON . Citrus Limon. 



" Bear me, Pomona, 



To where the lemon and the piercing lime 

 With the deep orange, glowing through the green, 

 Their lighter glories blend." 



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



" 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. 



