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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
ZEST. 
Lemon.— Citrus Limon. 
“ Bear me, Pomona, 
To where the lemon and the piercing lime 
With the deep orange, glowing through the green. 
Their lighter glories blend.” 
“ Nor be the citron. Media’s boast, unsung.” 
“ Sharp-tasted citron Median climes produce. 
Bitter the rind, but gen’rous the juice ; 
A cordial fruit.” 
This fragrant plant, whose fruit imparts such 
an agreeable relish to the board and the bowl, 
we present as the emblem of zest, and should 
our pages give a similar zest for a novel and 
innocent amusement, we shall deem our la¬ 
bours most pleasingly rewarded. 
