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tan Syn, The red-twig'd Lime- 

 tree. 



4. TiLiAj CaroUmmm, folio Ion- 

 gius mHcromto. The Cardlma Lime- 

 tree. 



5*. TiLiA 5 fxmina, folio major e 

 *variegeito. The ftrip'd-leav'd Lime- 

 tree. 



The thfee firft-mention'd Tiees 

 are very common in England, being 

 cultivated in mofl: Nurferics, but 

 the Carolina Sort is not at prefent 

 very common,- this v/as fent from 

 Carolina by Mr, Mark Catesby, in 

 the Year i-jz6. but as yet there 

 does not appear any coniiderable 

 Difference from the common Sort. 

 That v/ith ftrip'd Leaves is pre- 

 ferv'd by fbme for the Sake of Va- 

 riety, but there is no great Beauty 

 in it. 



All thefe Trees are eafily pro- 

 pagated by Layers, v^'hich in one 

 Year will take good Root, and 

 may then be taken off r.nd planted 

 in a Nurferv, at four Feet dilbnce 

 Row from Row, and two Feet 

 afimder in the Rows i the belt 

 Time to lay 'cm down and to rc- 

 niove *em is at Michae'.mas, when 

 their Leaves begin to fall, that ihcy 

 may take Root before the Froil 

 comes on, tho' they n:ay be rrani- 

 pianted any time from September to 

 March in open Weather j but if the 

 Soil is dry, it is much the better 

 Way to remove 'em in Aurumn, 

 becaufe it will lave a great Expence 

 in watering them, if the Spring 

 fhould prove dry. In this Nurfcry 

 they may remain four or five Years, 

 during v/hich Time the Ground 

 ihould be dug every Spring, and 

 conilantly kept clear from Weeds j 

 sind the large Side-lVioots pruned 

 off, to caule 'em to advance in 

 Height j bu»: the fniall Twigs muft 

 not be pruned off from the Stems, 

 becaufe there are abiblutcly ne- 



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cefTiry to detain the Sap, for the 

 AugmentjU:ion of their Trunks, 

 which are apt to fhoot up too 

 flender, when they are entirely di- 

 verted of all their lateral Twigs. 

 If the Soil in which they are planted 

 be a fat Loam, they will make a 

 prodigious Progrels in their Growth, 

 fo that in five Years time they will 

 be fit to tranfplant out where they 

 are to remain. 



Thefe Trees were a few Years 

 lincc greatly efteem'd for planting 

 Walks and Avenues near Habita- 

 tions, becaufe in a few Years they 

 would afford a pleafant Shade, and 

 might be removed, when grown 

 to a large Stature, without Hazard, 

 fo that a Per ion might enjoy the 

 Pleafure of 'em in a fliort Time: 

 But of late they are much lefs va- 

 lued, on account of their Leaves 

 decaying early in Autumn, (efpe- 

 ciaily if the Soil be dry in which 

 they are planted) fo that many 

 times they are almoft deftitutc of 

 Leaves by the Bcginiling of Sep- 

 tember , whereas the Ehn continue? 

 in Beauty a full Month longer, and 

 the Wood of the latter being much 

 preferable to that of the j-ormer, 

 has introduced thele Trees inrtcad 

 of limes m moft of the modern 

 Pj.mtations. 



Tiie Timber of the Lime-tree is 

 uf-d by the Carvers, it being a loft 

 light Wood ; as alio by Architefts 

 for framing the Models of their 

 Buildings J the Turners do alfo ufe 

 it for making light Bowls, Difi:ies, 

 ^■"c. but it is too foft for any ftrong 

 Purpoies. 



Thefe Trees v/ill continue loLind 

 a great Number of Years, and if 

 planted in a good loamy Soil, will 

 grow to a coniiderable Bulk : I have 

 meafur'd one of theie Trees which 

 V\ras near ten Yards in Girt two 

 Feet above the Ground, and was 



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