128 THE FOREST TREE CULTI RIST. 
there is no flower of its size which yields better honey or 
in greater abundance. In Western New York, the farm- 
ers who keep bees value their basswood honey equally 
with that of the white clover. 
‘PILIA HETEROPHYLLA ( White Basswood).—Leayes very 
large, six to eight inches broad, smooth and bright green 
above, silvery white beneath ; tree of more graceful habit 
than the first. There are several foreign species in culti- 
vation that are well worthy of attention, such as the Tilia 
Europea, T. lutea, T. laciniata, ete. The small-crowing 
varieties may be budded on those of stronger growth. 
Urmus. (Llm.) 
There is probably no tree (the Oak excepted) which has 
been more extolled than the Elm, and full well does it 
deserve the praise. Noble, graceful, ornamental, and use- 
ful, then why should it not receive the homage of all 
nations whe are so fortunate as to possess it? In Europe, 
great cities, towns, and noblemen’s country seats have re- 
ceived their names from the Elm; and in the United States 
we have at least fifty villages and post-offices which have 
derived their name from this tree. But it is equally true 
that, with us at least, it receives more praise than patron- 
age, for a hundred are cut down to one that is planted. 
This should not be, for it deserves to be extensively culti- 
vated for ornament as well as for its valuable wood. 
The seeds ripen in spring soon after the leaves expand. 
In this vieinity (New York) the Elm blooms in April, and 
the seeds are ripe by the first to middle of June, and they 
are usually scattered by the wind soon after they mature. 
