60 TILIA AMERICANA. 



rliniifrod on the 3()th, and appfnrod on tlio wins? Juno 7th. Tlio hnttrrfly lives 

 throuLrh the winter in places orslielier, and comes tbrtli very early in the spring. 

 This insect is found as tar north as Virijinia. 



Prnf)crt'u'S and Uses. The wood of the American lime-tree, wlien dry, weighs 

 thirty-tive pounds t(^ a cuhic foot. It is very white, when croon, l)ut hooonies 

 of a light-hrown hue, when seasoned. It is soft, easily worked, and is often 

 sawed into boards, which do not warp, like those formed of resinous trees. In 

 the northern parts of the United States, and in the Hritish provinces, where the 

 tulip-tree does not abound, it is used for the panels of carriage bodies, and the 

 seats of chairs. In Kentucky and the western states, the wood of the while lime 

 is often substituted for that of the white pine. In various parts of the coimtry, 

 it is turned into domestic utensils of various kinds ; and is also carved into 

 images for the heads of vessels, and other ornamental work. Tiie young trees 

 are sometimes cut, and employed as rails for rural fences ; but they arc not dura- 

 ble when thus exposed. The wood is almost useless as fuel, when green, being 

 too full of sap, and of but little value when dry. The cellular integument of 

 the bark is separated from the epidermis ; and, after being macerated in water, 

 is formed into ropes, after the manner of making them in Europe, of the other 

 species. The bark was also employed by the Lenni Lenape Indians for making 

 lines and ropes, as well as for covering their habitations. The outer bark of the 

 Tilia americana is rough and stringy, and the inner portion viscid and sweet. 

 The twigs and buds are very glutinous when chewed, and afford considerable 

 nutriment. In severe winters, when fodder is scarce, it is common for the farm- 

 ers of the British American provinces, as well as those of Maine, New Hamp- 

 shire, and Vermont, to drive their cattle into the woods in the morning, and fell 

 a bass-woodj or other tree on which they eagerly browse during the day. 



