DECIDVOUS TREES. 383. 



The Broad-leaved Linden, T. macrqphylla, is a new variety 

 of the basswood, interesting from the exceeding size and luxuriance- 

 of its foliage. 



The European Linden, T. europa, differs from the American 

 in having smaller, darker, and less pointed leaves, and in the more 

 globular form of its head. 



The Grape-leaved Linden. T. vitifolia. — This is a new and', 

 charming variety. The leaves, which are deeply-lobed like those. 

 of some varieties of grape, are also large, more glossy, and of a 

 brighter green than any other variety of linden. The tree is of 

 vigorous habit. Young wood bright red. 



The Red-barked Linden, T. rubra, and 

 the Golden-barked, T. aurea, the former 

 with red and the latter with, yellow branches, 

 are considered "peculiarly beautiful in win- 

 ter, when a few of them, mingled with other 

 deciduous trees, make a pleasing variety of 

 coloring in the absence of foliage." Fig. 

 121 shows a young tree. 



The White Linden, T. alba, is a native variety, with the under- 

 side of its leaves downy, giving the foliage a grayish hue, and with 

 finer flowers and lighter-colored bark. 



The Weeping White Linden. T. pendula.—Mx. Sargent 

 says of it : " Of very pendulous habit, and the under part of the 

 leaf very silvery. We esteem this one of the most, if not the most, 

 ornamental of the lindens." Its pendulous habit is confined almost 

 entirely to the tops of the branches and the growing wood. 



The White-leaved European Linden has a peculiar whitish- 

 gray tone of foliage that makes it a striking tree to introduce occa- 

 sionally as a contrast or foil for the more healthy greens. A. 

 robust tree. 



