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The lime, as already oe yields juice of a singularly pure, 
acid ree The fresh Dinos Sometimes exported as gathered, or 
* the West Indies and the Southern United States, the acid being far 
* more grateful than that of the lemon; and it is, hence, universally 
used for flavouring soups, &c. and in the preparation of many alcoholic 
* and acidulated drinks. In my younger days it was imported in vast 
* quantities into the City of Glasgow, providing an indispensable 
* material for the brewing of the fam lasgow punch. That it is 
* now so seldom seen, compar piran is ung to p eerie of that 
* social did family intercourse that once was so intimate between the 
* great city and the Spanish main. It is still (with the lemon) the 
< principal source of citric acid.” 
Lime juice is obtained by compressing sn fresh ripe fruits between 
heavy rollers. This is exported in the raw state or concentrated. The 
latter is obtained by evaporating the raw € folio in copper or enamelled 
iron pans until it is reduced to about one-eighth or one-tenth of the 
original bulk. When diet it is a dark, viscid fluid of the 
consistence of treacle. The concentrated lime j juice is not used for food 
purposes but devoted entirely to the preparation of citric acid largely in 
demand by calico printers. From the rind of the fresh fruits there is 
obtained by a hand process, called *ecuelling," a fine essence of limes 
exported in copper vessels. A description, with an account of the mode 
- Mr. Joseph turge, Managing Director of the pipe Company in 
1892), is given in the Kew Bulletin, 1892, pp. 107, 108. The ecuelle 
is a copper basin furnished on the inside with numerous prominent 
ds i 
by hand is far more valuable than the oil of limes. ‘lhe perfume of the 
latter is injuriously affected by the heat necessary in distillation. 
The following notice of the lime tree in the West Indies is taken 
from a paper on “ Planting Enterprise in the West Indies," by Mr. 
Morris, C.M.G., F.L.S., read before the Royal Colonial Institute. 
12th June 1883 .— ! 
* The lime tree, a member of the Citrus family, grows well in all the 
West Indian Islands. It requires a light, loamy, and sumewhat stony 
soil, and an elevation, depen upon latitude, from sea-level up to 
500 feet. The trees are. EO at T feet apart, giving about 200 trees 
per acre. They come into bearing in about six or seven years, but 
light crops are often gathered from tr ees at five years. To ensure large 
and permanent crops, the trees require to be regularly pruned, and to 
be kept free from all parasitic growths, such as specics of Loranthus, &c. 
They are also B eatly benefited by tillage, that Hr poet of the soil 
around the roots, and being kept free from grass a 
* The ernie mean tempéénius of nier in wade is given at 
78° F., and the annual rainfall at 59 inches.. These conditions are 
evidently those most suitable for the sla. MET man ie lime trees, 
for at Montserrat the lime orchards present a most beautiful sight. 
