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jects a single tree can afford. It is apt to lose 

 its leaves very early, unless growing in a 

 deep rich loam. It may be propagated as 

 the last. There are many varieties'* in our 

 nurseries. The rubra with red shoots, aurea 

 with yellow, platypliylla with broad leaves, 

 parvifolia with small leaves, and the pendula 

 with drooping branches. 



3. T. HETEROPHYLLA, VentenciL May be but 

 a variety of No. 1, but is considered by many 

 as distinct. It is the T. alba of Michaux. 

 The leaves are ovate, white and downy be- 

 neath, sometimes cordate at the base ; oftener 

 obliquely cordate and truncate. It does not 

 grow so high as No. 1, and will thrive in 

 heavier soils, especially if near a stream or 

 contiguous to moisture. The commonest 

 weeping linden of the nurseries is of this 

 species, and when grafted standard high on 

 some other kind will form a pretty object. 

 It has a striking peculiarity in the change of 

 the color of the leaves in the fall. A portion 



* The nomenclature of the genus is confused. It is 

 difficult to pronounce what is a species and what but a 

 variety. 



