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birch, in the same Palatinate, in the circle of Mosciska,* 

 is a new and unknown species. The wood of this tree is 

 more solid than in any other of this genus, on which 

 account the wheelwrights and millwrights give it the 

 preference. The quality of this wood is in such repute 

 that it is sent to Warsaw, and all over Prussia, for their 

 use.' 



One of the forest products of Poland, which at one time 

 was in great demand, is honey. Of Polish honey there 

 are three varieties. In regard to these the following 

 information was supplied by Mr Hove to Sir John Sin- 

 clair : 



' Honey, another rural production, respecting which you 

 are anxious to procure information, is in Poland divided 

 into three classes, namely Lipiec, Leszny, and Stepowey 

 prasznymird, 



'Lipiec is gathered by the bees from the lime-tree 

 alone, and is considered on the Continent most valuable, 

 not only for the superiority of its flavour, but also for the 

 estimation in which it is held as an arcanum, in pul- 

 monary complaints, containing very little wax, and being 

 consequently less heating in its nature ; it is as white as 

 milk, and is only to be met with in the lime forests in 

 the neighbourhood of the town of Kovno, in Lithuana. 

 The great demand for this honey occasions it to bear a 

 high price, in so much that I have known a small barrel, 

 containing hardly one pound weight, sell for two ducats 

 on the spot. This species of the lime-tree is peculiar to 

 the province of Lithuania ; it is quite different from all 

 the rest of the genus Tila that I met with in my re- 

 searches in Poland, and is called Kamienna Lipa, or stone- 

 lime. It is a stately tree, and grows in the shape of a 

 pyramid; the leaves are very small, and the twigs 

 uncommonly slender ; it flowers in the months of June 

 and July ; the flowers are very minute, but more abun- 



* An estate belonging to Count Palatine de Cetner. 



