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lEitl'llS limonum. Natural Order: Auranticece — 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 
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 
very aromatic, and the pulp is filled with a most excellent, cooling, 
acid juice. When loaded with fruit, such as is to be seen in tropical 
climates, it presents a magnificent appearance. Mrs. Loudon says, “ the 
golden apples of the heathen are supposed to belong to this family.” 
Omritimu 
HRUDENCE protects and guides us; wit betrays; 
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A splendid source of ill ten thousand ways. 
—Dry den. 
DEAR me, Pomona, to thy citron groves, 
To where the lemon and the piercing lime, 
With the deep orange glowing thro’ the green, 
Their lighter glories blend. —Thompson. 
/"'ONSULT 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. Fields. 
pUT now, so wise and wary was the knight, 
By trial of his former harms and cares, 
That he decry’d, and shunned still his sight. 
The fish that once was caught, new bait will hardly bite. 
— Spenser. 
'T'HUS I shall be fairer to j'our untried thought, 
Than if all my living into yours were wrought. 
Hearts’ dreams are the sweetest in a lonely nest: 
Leave me while you love me — this is surely best! 
— Hovjard Glyndon. 
TTE knows the compass, sail and oar, 
■*- Or never launches from the shore; 
Before he builds, computes the cost, 
And in no proud pursuit is lost. 
—Gay. 
AT ONE pities him that’s in the snare, 
1 ' And, warn’d before, would not beware. 
— Herrick. 
