THE LINDENS, ETC. 



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(heart-shaped) base is a long vein, from which extend 

 four or live branching ones with a backward curve. 

 This pecuhar veining will be more easily seen in my 

 drawing of the European hnden's leaf. 



So far as the appearance of the leaves is con- 

 cerned, there is very little difference between the 

 American species and its foreign relative; but be- 

 tween the trees the difference is at once apparent. 



European Linden. 



The European linden {Tilia Eurc2)aea) is smaller, not 

 often over 35 or 40 feet high;* its twigs are nu- 



* The tree in Europe shows a very different record ; for in- 

 stance, the linden of Noustadt, on the Koeher in "Wiirtemberg, 

 was large enough in 1550 to require stone columns to support its 



