plant
Lemon
Lemon as a plant people have named and used. Sharp clean, waking citrus, yellow cut — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Lemon is historically related to Oil.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Lemon is kept among the working lemmas, companion to Oil.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Lemon is used in Garlic.
In Merrifield’s Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting, cochineal is prepared by boiling it with lemon juice, garlic juice, and burnt alum — garlic juice shares that cochineal boil with the lemon juice.
from Mary Philadelphia Merrifield · Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting, 1849
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Lemon is used in Rosemary.
In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, essence of lemon and essence of rosemary are listed together among the pomade essences — rosemary stands with lemon on that perfumer’s pomade stock list.
from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)
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Lemon is associated with Orange.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, small negus is acidulated with the juice of lemons or oranges for the patient’s drink — lemon stands with that orange sharpening.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lemon is historically related to Vinegar.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, the air of a sick person’s chamber may be freshened by sprinkling the floor and bed frequently with vinegar, juice of lemon, or any other strong vegetable acid — lemon is used with that vinegar.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lemon is historically related to Whey.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, small wine-whey is sharpened with the juice of lemon for ague drink between fits — lemon is mixed into that whey.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lemon is historically related to Milk.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, when no orange can be had a lemon may be boiled among milk and water to the same whey effect — lemon stands in for that milk curdling.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lemon is historically related to Wine.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, Peruvian bark doses may be mixed in a glass of red wine, or wine-whey is sharpened with the juice of lemon — lemon meets that wine drink.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Lemon is historically related to Egg.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, stuffed carp is rubbed over with an egg and finished with lemon juice among the sauce liquors — lemon is joined with that egg finish.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Lemon is historically related to Honey.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, hyacinth confection after Baumé takes syrup of lemon with Narbonne honey among cinnamon, myrrh, saffron, and camphor — lemon syrup is joined with that honey.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Lemon is historically related to Butter.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, purple laver pickled with salt is eaten stewed with pepper, butter or oil, and lemon-juice or vinegar, and is also noted as a possible antiscorbutic.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Costus is used in Lemon.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, costus and lemon pills are set together in a College decoction before black hellebore strings are added — lemon pills share that opening boil with costus.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Christmas is associated with Lemon.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, Christmas cake and lemon cake are neighboring entries in the cake index — Christmas and lemon share that feast-cake filing.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Christening is associated with Lemon.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, christening cake and lemon cake sit in the same cake-index neighborhood — christening and lemon share that iced-cake class.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Arrowroot is historically related to Lemon.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, arrowroot mucilage may be moderately sweetened, and wine or lemon-juice may be added — arrowroot is finished with that lemon.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Lard is historically related to Lemon.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, ointment of sulphur made with hog’s lard takes essence of lemon to remove the disagreeable smell — lard ointment is scented with that lemon.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Barley is historically related to Lemon.
In Buchan Domestic Medicine, diluting liquors including barley-water may be sharpened with juice of orange or lemon, and a decoction of barley and liquorice sits among those cool acid drinks.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Mint is historically related to Lemon.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, the saline julep dissolves salt of tartar in lemon-juice, then adds mint-water with common water and simple syrup.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Wormwood is historically related to Lemon.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, salt of wormwood is dissolved in fresh lemon-juice and given as a draught with cinnamon water against vomiting.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Saffron is historically related to Lemon.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, Baume’s confection compounds saffron with syrup of lemon, camphor, and oil of lemon among myrrh and cinnamon.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Camphor is historically related to Lemon.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, that same confection sets camphor beside syrup of lemon and oil of lemon in the cordial mass.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Rose is historically related to Lemon.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, the sick-chamber is sprinkled with vinegar, juice of lemon, or vinegar and rose-water with a little nitre dissolved in it.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Sage is historically related to Lemon.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, Soyer’s goose stuffing boils four sage leaves with four leaves of lemon thyme, apples, and onions, then pulps the mass through a sieve before stuffing.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Olive is historically related to Lemon.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, a pomatum mixes olive-oil with spermaceti, essential oil of almonds, and essence of lemon before storing in jars.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Vitriol is historically related to Lemon.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, bark mixed with water and red wine is sharpened with the elixir or spirit of vitriol, and two or three ounces of the syrup of lemon may be added to the mixture.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Isinglass is historically related to Lemon.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, clear apple jelly boils pared apples with lemon-peel, then puts the strained juice with sugar and isinglass previously boiled in water into a preserving-pan.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Cream of tartar is historically related to Lemon.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, the patient’s drink may be sharpened with cream of tartar and juice of lemon together; when these cannot be obtained, vinegar is used instead.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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sources
- De Materia Medica · Pedanius Dioscorides
Dioscorides, De Materia Medica.
- Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting · Mary Philadelphia Merrifield
Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting (1849).
- Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines · Andrew Ure
Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
- Domestic Medicine · William Buchan
William Buchan, Domestic Medicine (12th ed., 1791).
- Book of Household Management · Isabella Beeton
Isabella Beeton, Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861).
- Medical Lexicon · Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (Dictionary of Medical Science).
- The English Physician · Nicholas Culpeper
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician (Complete Herbal).