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or pale yellow colour, and is preferred to make blocks 

 for cutting leather upon, for carving, and for the use 

 of shoemakers, glovers, and saddlers. Not being 

 subject to warp, and having a fine surface, it is used 

 at foundries for forming moulds, and also in the 

 manufacture of gunpowder in the form of charcoal. 



The leading varieties of the common, or European, 

 lime tree, are the small leaved (inicropJiylld], the 

 broad-leaved (platyphylld], the red- twigged (rubra], 

 the cut-leaved (laciniata), the yellow-twigged (aurea), 

 and the white-leaved (alba). 



The American Lime Tree (Tilia Americana], like 

 the European species, does best on a rich, loose, deep 

 soil, and flourishes on the borders of Lake Erie and Lake 

 Ontario. The leaves are larger, of a dark green colour, 

 cordate, acutely pointed, and are generally smooth 

 and shining, while it is of a more robust habit than 

 the European description. In Britain it is a month 

 later than the common lime tree in expanding its 

 blossoms, its twigs being of a dark brown colour, and 

 the branches of the young trees commonly taking a 

 wider range. On the American continent it attains 

 the height of eighty feet. It is not very commonly 

 met with in England. The mode of propagation and 

 treatment are the same as that pursued in the case of 

 the common tree. 



The Horse Chestnut is one of the handsomest trees 

 we have, and is altogether a different variety to the 

 Castanea vesca, the sweet or Spanish chestnut. 



It forms a beautiful avenue of trees; those at 

 Bushey Park, when in full blossom, constituting one of 

 the sights of London, to which thousands of people 

 flock in fine weather. It thrives in a rich, deep, damp 



