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rhese young shoots, in process of time, partook the character of trees them- 
elves, and, in turn, stretched out their branches, rested them on the ground, and 
hrew up a second circle of trees, which, in 1820, were twenty or thirty feet in 
teight. This tree is said to stand in a lawn in an ancient geometrical garden, 
,nd must be, at least, two hundred years old. 
In the cemetery of the hospital at Annaberg, in Saxony, a man planted a linden- 
ree, and was afterwards buried under its shade, who left a sum of money to 
lave a sermon preached every Trinity Sunday, under it. This tree is said to have 
frown to an enormous size, and was planted in a reversed position, with its head 
Lownwards. 
Mythological and Legendary Allusions. In Prussia, near Konigsberg, two 
arge lindens were grown on a grassy bank, beneath which, it is said, were buried, 
n one grave, a bride, who died on her wedding-day, and her husband, who did 
Lot long survive her loss. The tree was ever afterwards a favourite retreat for 
orrowful lovers. 
In the churchyard, at Seidlitz, in Bohemia, it is said there are some old lime- 
rees, the leaves of which are hooded ; and the peasants affirm that they have 
:ver been so since some monks from a neighbouring convent were hanged on their 
>oughs. 
Ovid tells us in his " Metamorphoses," that Baucis, when Jupiter and Mer- 
;ury, after they had partaken of her hospitality, offered to grant any request she 
night make, only asked to die on the same day as her husband ; that the gods, 
granting her prayer, when she and Philemon had both attained a good old age, 
ihe was changed into a lime-tree, and her husband into an oak. While the 
ransformation was taking place, they continued speaking affectionately to each 
>ther, till the bark had closed quite round them ; and that, even when they had 
>ecome trees, they entwined their branches closely together. 
Soil and Situation. A deep, and rather light soil is recommended by Du 
rlamel, for the lime-tree, or an argillaceous soil, inclining somewhat to sand, and 
ather moist ; but the largest trees are generally found in a good, loamy soil, or 
n the alluvial deposites of low-lying meadows, along the margins of lakes, riv- 
srs, &c. In Lithuania, where this tree abounds, the soil is rather a clayey than 
i sandy loam. 
In dry situations, it never attains a large size, and it loses its leaves, perhaps, 
earlier than any other tree. Being an inhabitant of the plains, rather than of 
he mountains, it does not appear suitable for exposed surfaces ; but it requires a 
Hire air, rather than otherwise ; for, it is found, in abundance in many of the 
cities of continental Europe, but sparingly so in the British cities, where more 
nineral coal is consumed, which appears to be more injurious to the lime than to 
he elm, the plane, or some other trees. 
Propagation and Culture. This tree is seldom propagated otherwise than by 
ayers, which are made, in the nurseries, in autumn, or winter, and which be- 
;ome rooted, so as to be separated from the parent stock, in a year. Du Hamel 
says that the lime-tree may be raised from seeds, which ought to be sown irame- 
liately after being gathered ; because, if they are preserved dry till the following 
spring, they will not often come up till the second year. If, however, the seeds 
ire mixed with sand, or with soil, not too dry, and kept in that state during the 
winter, they will generally spring up the first year. Owing to the slowness of 
he growth of plants raised from seeds, the French and Belgian gardeners cut off 
;he stock of an old tree, close to the surface of the ground, which soon sends up 
i great number of young shoots ; among these they throw a quantity of soil, 
which they allow to remain one, two, or three years, after which, they find the 
shoots well rooted, and of a sufficient height and strength to be planted at once 
where they are finally to remain. The lime-tree bears transplanting when of a 
considerable size : but. when it is grown in the nurseries for this purpose, it ought 
