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use, till M. Missa, of Paris, by triturating it, mixed with some of its tlowers, suc- 

 ceeded ill procuring a bultcr. ixMiectly restMuhliiig chocolate, both iu taste and 

 consistency; but, unlortunately, it was ibiind that the lunc-iroc chocolate 

 would not keep. It has been suggested whether some of the American varieties 

 of tilia would not prove successful in this particular. In Jlnglaiul. there are 

 many ancient linie-troes, i)lantcd in towns, because, in olden times, their odour 

 was consiilered as purifying to the air, and t(j be good against epilepsy. 



In landscape gardening the principal use of the linden is as a detached tree on 

 a lawn, or in scenery which is decidedly gardenesquc ; because, from the sym- 

 metrical and regular form of its head, it is unfitted for grouj)ing with other trees 

 in a picturesque manner. It is recommended as preferable to tin.* elm, lor sliel- 

 tering gardens, or orchards, because the roots, do not, like those of the elm, spread 

 and impoverish all around them. Iwelyn commends the lime for its '-unpar- 

 alleled beauty" for walks; "because," says he, "it will grow in almost all 

 grounds, lasts long, soon heals its wounds, when pruned, atl'ects uprightness, 

 stoutly resists a storm, and seldom becomes hollow." Scattered trees of it har- 

 monize well with immense masses of Grecian or Roman architecture ; but it is 

 less suitable for the narrow, perpendicular forms of the Gothic. For architec- 

 tural gardening it is well adapted, from the patience with which it bears the 

 Knife, or the shears. In some of the public gardens in the vicinity of Paris, and 

 Amsterdam, there are numerous colonnades, arcades, walls, pyramids, and other 

 architectural masses formed of this tree, which produce an imposing effect. 



