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respects, viz , in siz» of leaf, in the degree of pubes- 
omi on the leaf, and in the time of flowering. It 
It is a lofty tree in Britain, of 
somewhat pyramidal shape when young, but пао. 
topped when old, There is one tree in the Arbor 
tum at Kew p over 100 feet high—the tallest "un 
in the garden 
T рулы:  Thia is the most southern of 
the three Limes, which used to be united under the 
comprehensive term of T. europæa. Although it 
is joined to T. vulgaris by intermediate forms, pro- 
Fie. 130. –тнЕ '" PATATE] MARROW: 
ite leaves — pubescent usually on the whole of 
Sal — s on the lower one, There 
numerous g n varieties of this — among 
ма the Dieman are the most distinc 
1 a tree of very much «t phones 
growth than the type, with laciniated, irregular 
Tn en 
aurantia.—A form distinguished by the rich 
yellow bark of ria 2 shoots, 
wo i аш, tree, with 
leaves of ost ae lar 
rge 
obliqua.— Has a bey: oblige base of leaf. 
It is не known as T. Beaum 
охусатра. — With соати онй leaves and 
prominently five-ribbed frui 
tortuosa,— In December. G. Swailes 
11888 Mr. 
zent a young Lime with curiously curved and twisted 
Sci 
a to Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Soci Some grafts were sent to 
FLESH SOLID, PALE YELL iW 
Kew, and the variety is now established re тт 
name in the collection, Its peculiar characte 
arked 
much m as ever, some of the — чави 
forming loops, It i is — as was at first aurmised, 
due to injury report of Scientific 
by te (see 
3 — Gard, Б». 1888, ii., р. 708). 
vitifolia.—Leaves of more "triangular outline, and 
Po somewhat ae lobin 
T. argentea.— This fine and striking Lime has been 
in cultivation in Britain since 1767. Loudon, who 
describes it as T. alba, says it is a native of Hungary, 
and looks upon it : а variety of 2 mmon Lime. 
Bat -— is at least a траг: ers по 
given specific т mk It is not so p tree as T. 
vulgaris, rarely exceeding 50 feet in height, The 
leaves are unequally cordate, or almost truncate at 
(sse Р 76L) 
the base, 3 to 4 inches across, the upper surface dark 
green and glabrous, the lower one of, a 
silvery hue, which gives to the tree, Ш, when 
a breeze is blowing, a conspicuous appearance, It 
is of erect, sturd sary habit, the frait being orate meth 
raised lines, 
у 
2 to 4 inches. eme 
—it differs in its graceful, pendent growth; in its 
warted, alightly grooved fruits, and in the leaf-atalks 
i — twice the length 
of those of T. argentea, a character of which the 
specific name, petiolaris, is a ныд гетіпдег, А 
native of Eastern Europe. 
I. dasyityla. Although at present but little known 
in gardens, this із undoubtedly one of the most 
valuable of all the Limes, 16 is of graceful habit 
and vigorous constitution, bearing some resemblance 
n general aspect to T. petiolaris, Its leaves, how- 
ever, are not silvery beneath, but green on both sides ; ; 
indeed 
— 
disting guishes it from all other r species, The hey are 
— 4 to 7 inches wide, and of leathery 
texture; the слу surface а glabrous, but beneath, 
tufts of bro 
the veins. 
late, and the fruita ovoid and downy. "This species 
is likely to prove valuable as a town tree, It is 
perfectly hardy, and retains its foliage longer than 
the common Lime, flowering in July. It is a native 
of the Caucasus, and has been under cultivation over 
twenty years. A First-class ificate was awarded 
it by the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society in August, 1890, There are trees 
35 feet high in the Kew Arboretum, 
AMERICAN, 
mericana,— Although an exceptionally fine 
tree in North American forests—where, according to 
Professor Sargent (Silva, tt. 24, 25) it is 60 to 70 feet, 
and occasionally 120 to 130 feet high—it has not 
the East European species, 
it may be distinguished by its large leaves, which on 
young trees, at any rate, are often 9 inches or 
They are slightly and obliquely cor- 
date at the base, and they are glabrous, except in 
the axila of the veina beneath, which are pubeacent, 
A! this species is 
froat, ite branches seem very subject to decay, and 
ore or less crooked 
and flat-topped. The cleanest-grown specimen at 
Kew is one labelled var. mississippensis ; it is, how- 
species, which have globose fru It 
cultivation at the Chelsea Physic кыл" їп 17 752. 
orn 
n 
in 
n 
collection at Kew by trees 20 feet high, but ated 
dts; T. americana, The following кз NA аге 
chiefly taken from the Silva of North America, where 
it is figure ed at t t, 25: Pind is nowhere а common tree, 
rgia, 
growing to a ia m 30 to 40 feet, The leaves 
are 2 to 4 inches long (much larger on the small 
pper 
the a and the bud 
It was introduced into England i in ido 
The — leptophylla has larger thinn 
leaves 
T heterophylla: —From the two above-mentioned 
North American Limes, is e * 
silvery-white ves, 
Prof, Sargent (Silva, t. 27) describes it as a tree 
50 to 60 feet high, and says that few North American 
the beauty of its foliage. The 
either 
troduced in 1811, DL ол» 19 cone fans 
England. 
E А втАТТС, 
There is поё much to be said in regard to the 
apecies, and the collections 
s T. Miqueliana and T, mandshurica, I have not 
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