72 TREES 



the favorite holiday of many countr}^ folk to locate these 

 natural hives and despoil them. In order to do this the 

 tree must come down, and the revenge of the outraged 

 swarm is sometimes a high price to pay for the stolen 

 sweets. 



This linden is found from Ithaca, New York, southward 

 along the Appalachian Mountains to northern Alabama, 

 and westward into Illinois and Tennessee. It is best and 

 most abundant in the mountains of eastern Tennessee 

 and North Carolina, at a considerable altitude. 



The Downy Basswood 



T. pubescens, Ait. 



The downy basswood has leaves that are green on both 

 sides, but its young shoots and leaf -linings are coated with 

 rusty hairs. It is a miniature throughout of the American 

 basswood, except that the blade that bears the flower- 

 cluster is rounded at its base, while the others taper nar- 

 rowly to the short stem. This species occurs on Long 

 Island, and is sparingly seen along the coast from the 

 Carohnas to Texas. 



The Common Lime 



T. vulgaris 



"Unter den Linden," the famous avenue in Berlin, is 

 planted with the small-leaved common lime of Europe, be- 

 side which the American basswood is a coarse-looking tree. 

 Very disappointing docked trees they are, along this 

 thoroughfare; for city streets are never places where a tree 

 can reach its best estate. In the rural sections of France 



