TILIA 



ribbed. July. AUeghanies. S.> 

 sent out as T. macrophyJl'i , :i 

 longs to a large-leaved var ol '. 



5. Miquellana, Maxim. Tnr, Mit.inimi.' 100 ft., with 

 usually an oblong head: Ivs. ovate, truncate or slightly 

 •cordate at base, gradually acuminate, rather coarsely 

 serrate with incurved teeth, 4-6 in. long: floral bract 

 adnate almost to the base of the peduncle: fr. globose, 

 thick-shelled, 5-ribbed only at the base. .Japan. G.F. 

 6:113. 



6 pub^scens At (T A er'ci a var puMsce 

 Loud ) b n lar to the 1 etter known T A ner c a but 

 a s n Her t ee w nter buds finely pul escent Iv 



mailer obi luel trun ate at the b e lal ro 1 ove 

 pube ee t 1 e eath flo al I ract u llj r le 1 at 

 1 a e fr globo e J ne Long I lin 1 to PI we t 

 to Tex S s 1 " - 1 II 7 1 



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the 



8 Mongdhca M 

 orb cula o ovat 1 

 lobed cusp late 



9 platyphyllos 



the b oa 1 1 II 



p obal ly the la 

 1 ibe cent ofte 

 e dually cor late ] 

 4 angled toment 



nostconno 1> II 

 est to flower J 



ar etal na ne u 1 

 1 re pyramidahs 



1 ot rtibra ba k 



the earl 

 t How g 

 1 elo g 



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v How 1 a k on 1 1 e laciniata 1 lacimata 

 rdbra w th deepiv t le e a 1 r 1 1 1 nu g 1 ark 

 sulphtirea p ol il Iv tl e sa e i re vitiSol a tl e 

 ne leaved L nden w th lol e 1 lea es 

 10 dasj^styla Stev Cr eav L xden Lvs tough 

 and lea 1 e y dark gl I 1 pal be eath 



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TILLAGE 1809 



1 il in, 1 Imm, I th. I md in 

 1 1,1 1 uiliii il I 111 I 1 known 



I till 1, I h 1 I It ndency 

 to us, til » 1 1 lultn ,11 11 I 1 th I r 111 us Til- 



lage 1-. I ->! LLitR tLLhuu a teuu mil t 1 iiiteired. 

 In the eat,er discussions of sLitntih uiittiis is applied 

 to agriculture in recent years thiie is d mgei of for- 

 getting that the fundamental \i utue lu all kinds of 

 farming is after all the tillage ot th, land The knowl- 

 edge of the importance of tillage has developed late in 

 the world s history In fact it is only withm the latter 

 part of the century lUst closed th it the real leasons for 



2514. Basswood 



American Linden — Tilia Americana. 



tilling have come to be popularly understood in this 

 country. Even now there are many persons who believe 

 that the object of tillage is to kill weeds. The modern 

 conceptions of tillage probably date from Jethro TuU's 

 book on "Horse-Hoeing Husbandry,'' which reached the 

 second and full edition in 17:U. in England. This book 

 awakened sounuli ,li>,ii^si,.ii that the system of "horse- 

 hoe husbandry" n . .iiiiiin ii,l,'d by it was called the 

 "new hu.sban,liv. • 'rin n- liml been tillage of land be- 

 fore TuH's tiuii', liiit lii- u 11 line- seems to have been the 



first , 



tilla-o 



ary 



observations ou his ri-tiirii in Kn^l I nmi rniiii' to the 



conclusion that tilla^:e i- .il it-.li a \,i\ iiiijiortant 

 means of making plants ilinliv iiimI pnnliKtivc wholly 

 aside from its office of killiuK wee,ls. H<- supposed that 

 tillage benefits plants by making the soil so tine that the 

 minute particles can be taken in by the roots of plants. 

 Upon the same hypothesis he explained the good effects 

 of Inirninff or "devoiishiring '■ land, and also the benefits 



iichxi,f ilir ;i-li,'< iin- s., ,iii,ill 'I. I., be absorbed by 

 r.MiK. AhliMiu^li till.. .■x|.h,,i:iii.,ii ,.r the benefits of til- 

 I^u'i' \v:is .■!-r,ii 11^, i„.v,Tili.l,-- Tiill showed that til- 

 lage is luTessary to the best agriculture and that it is 



