This section is from the book "The Corner Cupboard; Or, Facts For Everybody", by Robert Kemp Philp. Also available from Amazon: The Corner Cupboard; or Facts for Everybody.
Lemon. A fruit, the product of the south of Europe, of the genus citrus, from which citric acid, lemonade, punch, etc, are made. The engraving represents a branch of the Lemon-tree.

 
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