596 TILIA 



three limes, it may be mentioned, together constitute the T. europaea of 

 Linnaeus, T. cordata being the representative in N. Europe, T. platyphyllos 

 in the south. 



Numerous varieties of garden origin are offered in nurseries, of which 

 the most notable are : 



Var. ASPLENIFOLIA (syns. laciniata and filicifolia). A much smaller, 

 denser-habited tree than the type, with the leaves raggedly, deeply, and 

 irregularly lobed, often cut to the midrib into three or more long, narrow, 

 deeply toothed divisions. 



Var. AURANTIA. Young branchlets golden yellow. 



Var. FILICIFOLIA NOVA. Leaves narrow-triangular, often irregularly lobed 

 in the way of asplenifolia, but not GO deeply. 



Var. OBLIQUA. In the south of Europe is found a form of T. platyphyllos, 

 with smooth shoots and much less downy leaves. It has been suggested 

 that the lime known in gardens as T. obliqua may be that form. The leaves 

 are very oblique at the base. 



Var. PYRAMIDALIS. Of pyramidal habit; possibly a wild form. 



Var. TORTUOSA. Young branches curiously curled and twisted, often 

 forming loops. First shown at a meeting of the R.H.S. in December, 1888. 



Var. VITIFOLIA. Leaves with several pointed, slender lobes standing 

 out ^ to i in. beyond the average margin. 



There is a worthless lime known in gardens as " T. sublunata variegata" 

 or " europasa variegata," which may belong to T. platyphyllos, or be a hybrid 

 between it and T. cordata. 



In S.E. Europe, T. platyphyllos is replaced by T. CORINTHIACA, Bosc, 

 and, still farther east, in Persia, Armenia, and the Caucasus, by T. CAUCASICA, 

 Ruprecht. Both are closely allied to it, but neither is in cultivation. 



T. TOMENTOSA, Moench. WHITE LIME. 



(T. argentea, Desfontaines ; T. alba, Alton.") 



A tree 60 to 100 ft. high, usually of broadly pyramidal habit, and with 

 rather stiff, erect branches; young shoots woolly. Leaves 2 to 5 ins. long, 

 about as wide, roundish, heart-shaped, or nearly straight at the base, shortly 

 and slenderly pointed, frequently with small lobes at the margins as well 

 as the sharp, sometimes double teeth; dark green above and slightly downy 

 at first; silvery white with a close felt beneath ; stalks f to i ins. long, 

 felted. Flowers dull white, produced in late July and early August in three- 

 to ten-flowered cymes, lA to 2| ins. long. Floral bract downy, rather longer 

 than the cymes. Fruit f to \ in. long, egg-shaped, with a short point, white 

 with down and minutely warted. 



Native of S.E. Europe; introduced in 1767. This tree, especially when 

 fully grown, is handsome; in the young and intermediate states it is stiff and 

 rather formal in habit. It thrives admirably in the south of England, and 

 some fine examples exist there, notably one at Albury about 100 ft. high. 

 In a breeze this tree presents a lively aspect, through the flashing of the 

 under-surface of the leaves as they are turned by the wind. It is not likely 

 to be confused with any but the other limes whose leaves are silvery white 

 beneath, viz., T. petiolaris and Oliveri. From the former it differs much in 

 habit and in the short leaf-stalks; and T. Oliveri has no down on the shoots. 



T. TUAN, Szyszylowicz. 



A tree 40 to 50 ft. high, young branches smooth, or soon becoming so. 

 Leaves thin, i\ to 5$ ins. long, ij to 3^ ins. wide; broadly ovate with a very 



