46 TILIA EVROPJEA. 
use, till M. Missa, of Paris, by triturating it, mixed with some of its flowers, suc- 
ceeded in procuring a butter, perfectly resembling chocolate, both in taste and 
consistency ; but, unfortunately, it was found that the lime-tree chocolate 
would not keep. It has been suggested whether some of the American varieties 
of tilia would not prove successful in this particular. In England, there are 
many ancient lime-trees, planted in towns, because, in olden times, their odour 
was considered as purifying to the air, and to be good against epilepsy. 
In landscape gardening the principal use of the linden is as a detached tree on 
a lawn, or in scenery which is decidedly gardenesque ; because, from the sym- 
metrical and regular form of its head, it is unfitted for grouping with other trees 
in a picturesque manner. It is recommended as preferable to the elm, for shel- 
tering gardens, or orchards, because the roots, do not, like those of the elm, spread 
and impoverish all around them. Evelyn commends the lime for its " unpar- 
alleled beauty" for walks; "because," says he, "it will grow in almost all 
grounds, lasts long, soon heals its wounds, when pruned, affects uprightness, 
stoutly resists a storm, and seldom becomes hollow." Scattered trees of it har- 
monize well with immense masses of Grecian or Roman architecture ; but it is 
less suitable for the narrow, perpendicular forms of the Gothic. For architec- 
tural gardening it is well adapted, from the patience with which it bears the 
Knife, or the shears. In some of the public gardens in the vicinity of Paris, and 
Amsterdam, there are numerous colonnades, arcades, walls, pyramids, and other 
architectural masses formed of this tree, which produce an imposing effect. 
