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species is at White Knights, near Reading: it is about 60 ft. high; and, at a 
distance, the tufting of the masses has a very singular appearance. 
Geography, History, §c. This species is found in Canada, and in the northern 
parts of the United States : it is less common towards the south ; and, in Virginia, 
the Carolinas, and Georgia, it is found only on the Alleghany Mountains. It is 
abundant in Tenessee, on the borders of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, on 
loose, deep, fertile soil. The wood of this tree is white and tender ; and, in 
the northern states of America, where the tulip tree does not attain a timber 
size, it is used for the panels of carriage bodies, and the seats of chairs. On 
the Ohio, the images affixed to the prows of vessels are made of this wood; and 
the inner bark is formed into ropes, as that of the 7’, europz‘a is in the north 
of Europe. This lime was cultivated by Miller in 1752, but has not been very 
extensively distributed. There are trees of it of 10 years’ growth in the Lon- 
don Horticultural Society’s Garden ; and it is propagated, generally by graft- 
ing, in some of the British and Continental nurseries. Price, in London, 2s. 6d. 
a plant; at Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents; and at New York, 50 cents. 
¥ T. a. 2 laxiflora. The loose-cymed-flowered American Lime Tree. 
Synonyme. T. \axifldra Michz., Pursh, Dec., Hayne’s Dendr., and Don’s Mill. 
Description, Geography, §c. Petals each with a scale at the base, 
inside. Leaves cordate, gradually acuminated, serrated, membrana- 
ceous, smooth. Cymes loose. Petals emarginate, shorter than the 
style. Fruit globose. (Don’s Mill.,i. p.553., adapted.) A most 
distinct species, according to Pursh. G. Don observes that it is 
generally confounded with 7’. glabra; which, if the trees in the 
London Horticultural Society’s Garden be correctly named, is not to 
be wondered at: for their general resemblance is so great, that we 
have no doubt of their being essentially the same species, notwith- 
standing the comparatively loose cymes of the flowers, which, 
however, we have never seen; no plants of this variety, that we 
are aware of, having yet flowered in Britain. This variety is said 
to be found from Maryland to Georgia, near the sea-coast, where it 
grows to the height of 50ft., and produces its yellowish-white 
sweet-scented flowers from May to July. It was introduced into 
England in 1820, and is but sparingly cultivated. There is a plant: 
6 ft. or 8 ft. high in the London Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
* T. a. 3 pubéscens. The pubescent-leaved American Lime Tree. 
Synonymes. T. pubéscens Hort. Kew., Willd., Dec., Don’s Mill., Vent., Michaux, and 
Hayne’s Dendr.; T. caroliniana Mill.; T. americana Wait. 
Engravings. Vent. Diss., p. 10. t. 3. ; Wats. Dendr., t. 135., and our plate in Vol. IL 
Description. Petals each with a scale at the base inside. Leaves 
truncate at the base, somewhat cordate and oblique, denticulately 
serrated, pubescent beneath. Petals emarginate, shorter than the 
style. Fruit globose, even. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 553.) This variety is 
of much less vigorous growth than the preceding; the leaves are 
much smaller, and the branches more slender. The leaves are most 
pubescent after their first expansion: as they increase in size, a part 
of the pubescence falls off, and the hairs which remain form little 
starry tufts. The colour of the bark is dark, and shows thatit is more 
nearly allied to 7. americana than to 7’ a. laxiflora. It is a native 
of the southern parts of the United States and the Floridas, where it 
grows on the borders of rivers and large marshes, where the soil is 
cool and rich, and not subject to inundation. It is the only variety 
found in the maritime parts of Carolina and Georgia. Michaux found 
it principally in the neighbourhood of Charleston, growing to the 
height of 40 ft. or 50 ft., and having the general appearance of the _ 
common American species. Its leaves, he says, differ widely in size, 
according to the exposure in which they grow: in dry and open 
places they are only 2in. in diameter; but in cool and shaded 
