. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . The Lemon. of the PjTenees, leaving everywhere traces of theirpower and of their knowledge. The lemon, thustransported by the Arabs into every part of their vastempire where it would f^row, was found by the cru-saders in Syria and Palestine towards the end of theeleventh century. By them it wa§ introduced intoSicily and Italy; though it is probable that at thesame period it was already multiplied in Africa andSpain *. Arabic writers of the twelfth century speakof the lemon-tree as then cultivated i
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . The Lemon. of the PjTenees, leaving everywhere traces of theirpower and of their knowledge. The lemon, thustransported by the Arabs into every part of their vastempire where it would f^row, was found by the cru-saders in Syria and Palestine towards the end of theeleventh century. By them it wa§ introduced intoSicily and Italy; though it is probable that at thesame period it was already multiplied in Africa andSpain *. Arabic writers of the twelfth century speakof the lemon-tree as then cultivated in Egypt andmany other places. Matthew Silvaticus, a writer ofthat time, savs that the lemon was then spread overall Italy. In the southern parts of Europe, where the lemonis abundant, there are many varieties. The rind of the lemon is much smoother thanthat of the citron ; the bark of the tree is less smootii. •■ Risso, p. 7. THE LIME. 333. Tlie Lime, Tlie Lime, or soiir lemon, is a small and shrubbytree, the fruit of which is much smaller than that ofthe citron or lemon, being only about an inch, or aninch and a half in diameter. The lime is not muchcultivated in Europe; but it is a great favourite inthe West Indies, being more acid and cooling thanthe lemon. In that country there is a sweet lime,intermediate between the lemon and the sour lime ;and botanical writers are of opinion that hybrids ormules are produced between all the varieties, andprobably also the species, of the citrons. The Orange is a taller and more beautiful tree thaneither the citron or the lemon; but, like them, it hasprickly branches when in its native country. Theorange was originally brought from India. The precise time at which the orange was intro-duced into England is not known with certainty, butprobably it may have taken place not long after theirintroduction into Portugal, which was in the earlypart of the sixteenth century. The first oran
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