590 TILIA 



T. AMERICANA, LinncZUS. AMERICAN LlME. 



A tree usually 60 to 70 ft. high in a wild state (occasionally nearly twice 

 as much), the trunk 9 to 12 ft. in girth; young shoots quite smooth. Leaves 

 roundish ovate, usually heart-shaped at the base, occasionally cut off straight ; 

 pointed at the apex; 5 to 8 ins. long and 3 to 6 ins. wide on young trees, 

 smaller on adult wild trees, coarsely toothed; dark dull green above; paler, 

 shining, and quite smooth beneath, except for minute tufts of down in the axils 

 of the veins; stalk ij to 2 ins. long. Flowers rarely seen in this country; the 

 floral bract is 4 to 5 ins. long, I to i^ ins. wide; the inflorescence pendulous on 

 a stalk 3 to 4 ins. long; flowers f in. across, yellowish white. 



Native of Eastern and Central N. America; introduced, according to 

 Aiton, in 1752. It is not one of the first-rate limes in this country, being apt 

 to die back, and is chiefly noteworthy for the occasionally enormous leaves, as 

 much as 15 ins. long by 10 ins. wide, that appear on thick, succulent shoots. 

 From its allies, T. Michauxii and T. heterophylla, it is distinguished by the 

 smooth leaves, glossy green beneath. It probably needs a sunnier climate than 

 that of Great Britain, and apparently flowers freely enough on the Continent, 

 from the fact that several hybrids have originated there (see T. Moltkei and 

 spectabilis). T. FLAVESCENS, A. Braun, cultivated at Carlsruhe as long ago 

 as 1836, is believed to be a hybrid between this species and T. cordata. 



T. CORDATA, Miller. SMALL-LEAVED LlME. 

 (T. parvifolia, Ehrhart ; T. microphylla, Ventenat ; T. ulmifolia, Scopoli.*) 



A tree sometimes 80 to 90 ft. high on the Continent, usually much smaller 

 in Britain; young shoots smooth or nearly so. Leaves rounded, heart-shaped, 

 i to 3 ins. long, nearly or quite as much wide; with a short tapered apex, 

 sharply and rather finely toothed ; dark green and smooth above; pale, some- 

 times whitish beneath, with tufts of red-brown hairs in the axils of the veins; 

 stalks slender, smooth, i to i| ins. long. Flowers yellowish white, fragrant, 

 produced in the latter part of July in pendent, slender-stalked cymes 2 or 3 

 ins. long. Floral bract iijr to 3^ ins. long, to f in. wide, smooth. Fruit 

 globose, covered (especially at first) with a loose greyish felt, not ribbed, 

 thin-shelled. 



Native of Europe, especially of the north, and found wild in Britain. It 

 is not frequently planted in gardens, although it makes a neat slow-growing 

 small tree, flowering after both T. platyphyllos and T. vulgaris. The finest 

 trees I have seen are on the Continent; one in the Grosser Garten at Dresden 

 has a trunk 8 ft. in diameter near the ground, and is 80 to 90 ft. high. 

 T. vulgaris differs from this species in its larger leaves, green, and with paler 

 tufts beneath; its earlier flowers; and its thicker-shelled fruits. 



There is in Japan a lime very closely allied to T. cordata; it is 

 T. JAPONICA, Simonkat, probably only a geographical form with more numer- 

 ous (up to forty) flowers in a cluster. 



T. EUCHLORA, C. Koch, 

 (T. dasystyla, Hort., not Steven.') 



.A tree as yet about 40 ft. high in this country, but probably considerably 

 higher naturally, of graceful, often rather pendulous growth; young shoots 

 smooth. Leaves roundish ovate, oblique and heart-shaped at the base, with 

 short, tapered points; 2 to 4 ins. long, often more in young trees, and as much 

 or more wide; rich glossy green and smooth above, pale green beneath and 



