6 TILIACE.E. 



Lime is well worth cultivating, as it ranks in the first class, 

 in point of magnitude, frequently attaining a height of 

 eighty or ninety feet, and a trunk corresponding in circum- 

 ference to such an altitude.* 



Its foliage also is elegant, though, perhaps, too uniform 

 in outline for picturesque effect, and, as Gilpin observes, 

 not presenting " those breaks and hollows which the foliage 

 of the most picturesque trees presents, and which is always 

 beautiful.' 11 No one, however, we believe, can look at a 

 Lime-tree in full and luxuriant foliage, where sufficient room 

 has been afforded it, and the soil has suited its constitution, 

 without admiring the living pyramid it presents, or pro- 

 nouncing it amongst the finest and most striking of our 

 forest-trees ; and that its character is such, we have only 

 to refer our readers to the magnificent specimens at Moor 

 Park, one of which is so admirably pourtrayed by Mr. 

 Strutt, or to others of great magnitude in England, men- 

 tioned by Mr. Loudon ; and in Scotland we refer them 

 to those we have oft admired upon the lawn at Inverary 

 Castle, or those which adorn the grounds at Taymouth. 

 Another recommendation possessed by the Lime-tree is the 

 delicious scent of its flowers, which perfume the air to a 

 great distance around : these, from the honied sweets they 

 contain, are irresistibly attractive to the honey-bee, and 

 thousands of other winged insects. 



The wood of the Lime-tree, as compared with that of 

 the oak, the ash, and other timber trees, holds but an in- 

 ferior rank, and is only used in such works as are not to 

 be subject to the alternation of moisture and dryness. In 

 colour it is white, or yellowish white, of a close grain, but 

 soft and very light, and not subject to the attack of worms 



* See the dimensions of various Lime-trees enumerated in Loudon's " Arbore- 

 tum Britannicum," and in Sir T. D. Lauder's edition of Gilpin's " Forest Scenery." 



