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hands and nails are also kept clean, whitej soft and supple 

 by the daily use of .lemon instead of soap. It also prevents 

 chilblains. Lemon is used in intermittent fevers mixed 

 with strong, hot, black coffee, witho.it sugar. Neuralgia 

 may be cured by rubbing the part affected with a cut lem- 

 on. It is valuable also to cure warts, and to destroy dan- 

 druff on the head by rubbing the roots of the hair with it." 

 It is also excellent to use with a little w&.ter and no sug- 

 ar in malarial diseases. 



THE LIME. 



In the United States the culture of the lime is product- 

 ive of better results than that of the lemon, for which it is 

 no inferior substitute. Like the lemon the lime belongs 

 to the Citrus family. The fruit grows upon a small tree 

 or shrub and is a native of A.sia though now common to all 

 warm countries. The juice of the lime is used on ship- 

 board as an anti-scorbutic, and from it is manufactured Cit- 

 ric Acid. Whereyer lemon juice is needed, that of the 

 lime can take its place. 



THE MANGO. 



The Man go, a nati ve of the East Indi es though naturalized 

 in other warm countries, affords an excellent fruit, which, 

 however, is too perishable for transportation to a distance 



