Tilia etiropcea, 
THE EUROPEAN LIME-TREE. 
Synonymes. 
Tilia europcea, 
Tilleul, 
Tiglio, 
Tilo, 
Til, 
Lind, 
Linde, 
Lipa, 
Line-tree, Linden, Lime-tree, Teil-tree, 
Lime-tree, Lin or Linden-tree, 
Bast, 
Bast Holz, 
' LiNNiEus, Species Plantarun.. 
Smith, English Flora. 
I Don, Miller's Dictionary. 
Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 
Selby, British Forest Trees. 
France. 
Italy. 
Spain. 
Portugal. 
Sweden and Denmark. 
Holland and Germany. 
Russia, Poland, and Bohemia. 
Britain. 
Anglo- America. 
Lincolnshire, (Eng.) 
Ancient Germany. 
Derivations. The generic name, Tilia,\s supposed, by some, to be derived from the Greek, ptilon, a feather, from the fea- 
thery appearance of the bracteas; and by others, from the Greek, tilai, light bodies floating in the air, like wool or feathers. 
The French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese names are derived from the botanical one. Most of the other European names 
are derived from the Roman, linea, a line or cord, having reference to the bark, which was formerly, as at present, made into 
lines or ropes. The name Bast was applied to a variety of tilia, by the rustics of Lincolnshire, because ropes were made from 
its bark. The ancient German name, Bast Holz, signifies literally, bark-wood, and is evidently derived from the use made of 
the bark of this tree in making mats. 
Engravings. Selby, British Forest Trees, pp. 1, 2; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, v., pi. 19; and the figures below. 
Specific Characters. Petals without scales. Leaves cordate, acuminated, serrated, smooth, except a tuft 
of hair at the origin of the veins beneath, twice the length of the petioles. Cymes many-flowerer* 
Fruit coriaceous, downy. Don, Miller's Diet. 
Description. 
" And the Lime at dewy eve 
Diffusing odours." 
Cowper. 
HE Linden or Lime- 
tree, in its full and 
J K luxuriant foliage. 
^OsSis where sufficient room 
has been afforded it, and the soil has suited 
its constitution, is pronounced as one of the 
finest and most striking of European trees. 
In its native country, it often attains a height 
of eighty or one hundred feet, with a diam- 
eter of four to six feet, and even more. From 
the straightness of its stem, and the luxuri- 
ant spreading of its branches, which are like- 
wise so tough as to withstand the fury of the 
winds that would disarm most other trees, it 
is peculiarly adapted for lining avenues, and 
screening the passenger from the scorching 
sun. This tree, however, is not so much es- 
teemed, on account of its coming into leaf 
late in the spring, and beginning to decay 
early in autumr. more especially when 
