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% Br. Noehden. 



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Divisions op the First Class, 

 Comprehending all the sorts of Citrons and Lemons. 



I. Cedrates. 



II. Common Lemons. 



III. Cedrate Lemons, or Citronates. 



IV. Lumies. 



V. Limes. 



Divisions of the Second Class, 

 Comprehending all the Oranges. 



I. Bitter Oranges. 



II. Sour Oranges. 



III. Sweet Oranges. 



Class A. The Lemons, (Ital. Agrumi Limoni.) 

 Division I. Cedrates, (Ital. Limoni Cedrati.) 

 The Cedrate is a variety of the Lemon, or Citron, distinguished 

 by its large fruit, of which the flesh is thick, spungy, or fungous, 

 fine flavoured and eatable. It contains but little juice, compared 

 to the other fruits of this class, and has very few and small seeds ; 

 the skin is oily. I doubt, whether this variety be known to 

 English gardeners ; they would, probably, include it in the deno- 

 mination of Citron. In Martyn's edition of Miller's Dictionary, 

 there is a passage, under the article Citrus, No. 9, which perhaps 

 refers to it. The words are as follows : " In China and other 

 parts of the East, they have a remarkable variety of Lemon, or 

 Citron, which has a solid fruit, without any cells, or pulp, and 

 divided above the middle into five or more long round parts, a 

 little crooked, and having the appearance of the human hand, 

 with the fingers a little bent, whence the Chinese call it Phat thu, 

 or fingered Lemon. It is a monstrous fruit, a mere curiosity, 



