THE LIME. 



(Citrus medica acida. 



fniit and citron The f' T"' ^""^P^- 

 citron are close.v ^H^T^^^'T ^"' 

 considered varieties of til ^^"^ "°^ 



the Latin name *f , v f "^^ 'P^'^'^' 



J'«e™wycVtf"''°'^^-hor 

 than twenty S TheT ^"""^^ '^■^'^^'• 

 'i"ite poor Vnd roc?v so" "S *'"^^ '" 

 tender than most of the d trus L'L""°'".' 

 can withstand less cold than 1" ' 

 Its cultivation has W f^ ^ '''"°"- 



■^ the Sour RanZ The T ''""''^ 

 native of India pn7k -u? ^""'^ " a 

 It was introduced in?f 'p^ °^ C*^'"^' 

 before the or^n^e a„H ° -.^"''•'P^ '°"? 

 ivelv cultivated in'f? 'f "°"' «^tens- 



The leaved of L"l^^°"fhern portions, 

 winged leaf s Lllc ^l"u """^ ''^^^^ the 



bitter to the tTste • Th°'' "i"'^- '' *'''" ^"'^ 

 bitter. In ^.^T^/P-JP^s-u^^^^^^ 



etaTed^ircTC? -'''-"' ^t^ 



thickets ^ forming quite dense 



vat?d1-t^"Sted^Se^'»VHr"''^- 



S\"as °a^ sS ^ V^^ ^-^- 

 fruit- Vhe Per" ^"^ rather oblong 



Persia/ifrr^TaSruit.^f 

 Rangpur, introduced from Inrlil Y*u 



bears a fruit resemblin^he MalnH -"^ 

 oranpe in flnaf fi. • , -^ Mandarine 



from^lhe" X and"!" ^^^■'{ ^^P-able 

 separated fs E, The oranef Th"'""' ""' 

 highly prized varietv isT; t ^^"°'' 

 fruit of which is n,L, "'* ^^'^''■' the 

 seedless. ^"""^ ''"'g'*^ and nearly 



highi;'';?:^:!, "T'v ^™<^^ ^^^ "--e 



c^Hn'g 'dril.*^"TheT^\ '"-i "^^'^-'"! 

 extensively for the r^? f *''° "sed 



«sedton°:.:'rdtI°S"lirair'^° 



iveTvVsras°V'n^""^-'^'J"'"-'-- 

 remedy for curv'^^^'^BrV^"' ^T^ ^'^ ^^ 



trs^r^i"^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



as a preventive of sc^t^.;'.'.^^^ °'- '-"--^ 



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