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(EitniS liinoimm. Natural Order: Aitrauticar — Orange Family. 



ITRUS LIMONUM, or Lemon tree, is a handsome tropical 



tree of easy culture in any climate (excepting, of course, the 



frigid zone), if given the protection of the house in winter, in 



k cold latitudes. The foliage is small, glossy, dark and ever- 



\ green; the flowers similar to the orange, and very fragrant. 



* The fruit, as everyone knows, is a beautiful yellow, and is 



omatic, and the pulp is filled with a most excellent, cooling, 



ee. When loaded with fruit, such as is to be seen in tropical 



, It presents a magnificent appearance. Mrs. Loudon says, "the 



golden apples of the heathen are supposed to belong to this family." 



Jbtr^iioit. 



>RUDENCE protects and guides us; wit betrays; 

 A splendid source of ill ten thousand ways. 



■pEAR me, Pomona, to thy citron groves, 

 ^-^ To whei-e the lemon and the piercing lime, 

 With the deep orange glowing thro' the green, 

 Their lighter glories blend. —Thompson 



/^ON.SULT your means, avoid the tempter's wiles, 

 ^ Shun grinning hosts of unreceipted files, 

 Let heaven-ey'd prudence battle with desire, 

 And win the victory, though it be through fire. 

 -James T. FUhU. 



T)UT now, so w-ise and wary was the knight, 



^ By trial of his former harms and cares, 



That he decry'd, and shunned still his sight. 



The fi.sh that once was caught, new bait will hardly bite. 



^Spenser. 

 er to your untried thought, TT E knows the compass, sail and oar, 



my living into yours were wrought. '■^ Or never launches from the shore; 



Hearts' dreams are the sweetest in a lonely nest: Before he builds, computes the cost, 



Leave me while you love me — this is surely best! And in no proud pursuit is lost. 



— Hovjard Glytidon. —Gov. 



'yilUS I sliall be foi; 

 '^ Than if all my livii 



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ONE pities him that's in the snare. 

 And, warn'd before, would not beware. 



—Herrlrl: 

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