. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. LINDEN for wood-carving. The inimitable carvings of fruit, flowers, and game by Grinling Gibbons, the famous English carver, were made entirely of linden ; no other wood could be relied upon to be so even of texture and so free from knots. The leaves of all the lindens are one-sided, always heart- shaped, and the tiny fruit, looking like peas, always hangs at- tached to a curious, ribbon-like, greenish yellow bract, whose use seems to be to launch the ripened seed-clusters just a little
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. LINDEN for wood-carving. The inimitable carvings of fruit, flowers, and game by Grinling Gibbons, the famous English carver, were made entirely of linden ; no other wood could be relied upon to be so even of texture and so free from knots. The leaves of all the lindens are one-sided, always heart- shaped, and the tiny fruit, looking like peas, always hangs at- tached to a curious, ribbon-like, greenish yellow bract, whose use seems to be to launch the ripened seed-clusters just a little beyond the parent tree. The flowers of the European and American lin- dens are similar, except that the American bears a petal-like scale among its stamens and the Euro- pean varieties are destitute of these appendages. The possible age of the Linden in America has not yet been de- termined. In Europe it is known to have reached the age of centu- ries. In the court-yard of the Im- perial Castle at Nuremberg is a Linden which tradition says was planted by the Empress Cuni- gunde, the wife of Henry II. of Germany. This would make the tree nearly nine hundred years old. It looks ancient and infinn, but sends forth thrifty leaves on its two or three remaining branches and is of course cared for tenderly. The famous Linden of Neustadt on the Kocher in Wiirtemberg was computed to be one thousand years old when it fell. The Linden is loved of the bees. No matter how isolated the tree the bees are sure to find the fragrant nectar-laden blossoms. The excellence of the honey of far-famed Hybia 27. Fruit of the Linden, Tilia Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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