434 THE BBE-KBEPER'S GUIDE ; 



insects. We have only to keep stock away from it, and they 

 are death to any tree. Maples, and even elms in many parts 



Fig. 238. 



Basswood. — From A. I. Boot Co. 



of the United States, may well give place to the linden. The 

 beautiful white lumber, and its rapidly growing use for boxes, 



