DECIDUOUS TREES. 



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outline or form, its foliage broad and of a rich green, few of our 

 native or exotic trees have more to recommend them than the 

 linden. It prefers, and grows more vigorously in, a light and 

 rich deep soil, but also grows well in even a poor sand or on a 



Fig. 8. Linden. 



clay, provided it is not wet. Its regular, uniform, but flowing 

 form adapts it well to planting in grounds of the graceful school 

 in composition, and also to avenues, streets, and public parks. 

 In spring, its pale yellow clusters of flowers are quite ornamental ; 



