. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. LINDEN e, fragrant, IS, with the )bl()n<; with white rpogynous, :rnate with cad - like, placed op- gma five- spherical, l-ANDOR. ntal tree 10 native on tlie nng and and the fications this is a dense d by its It from I saw so observe ? same 'pe, or This I cheap daptcd for wood-carving. The inimitable carvings of fruit, flowers, and game by (Iriiilii).!; (libjjons, the famcus l<Jiglisli carver, were made entirely of linden ; no other wood coul
. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. LINDEN e, fragrant, IS, with the )bl()n<; with white rpogynous, :rnate with cad - like, placed op- gma five- spherical, l-ANDOR. ntal tree 10 native on tlie nng and and the fications this is a dense d by its It from I saw so observe ? same 'pe, or This I cheap daptcd for wood-carving. The inimitable carvings of fruit, flowers, and game by (Iriiilii).!; (libjjons, the famcus l<Jiglisli carver, were made entirely of linden ; no other wood could be relied u|)on 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 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 IL of Germany. 'I'his would make the tree nearly nine hundred years old. It looks ancient and infirm, 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 Hybla a?. Fruit of the , T/7/,i . Please note that these images are e
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