354 THE LIME TREE. 
forming models of buildings. The demand for these purposes 
being irregular throughout the country, the price of the timber 
varies exceedingly. 
The inner bark of the lime furnishes material for the manu- 
facture of mats, which forms an important article of com- 
merce, and is extensively used in gardening, and in the cover- 
ing of packages in general. The manufacture is chiefly con- 
fined to Russia and Sweden. The tree is cut immediately 
after the ascent of the sap, when the bark is readily removed. 
It is then macerated in water till it divides freely into layers 
or strands. These are then formed into mats, ropes, nets, 
and coarse cloth; and in Russia the outside bark of the tree 
is frequently employed as tiles for covering the roofs of 
houses. 
Loudon states that the honey produced by the lime-tree 
blossoms is considered superior to all other kinds for its 
delicacy. It sells at three or four times the price of common 
honey, and is used exclusively for medicine, and in the manu- 
facture of liqueurs. It is procurable only at the little town 
of Kowno, on the river Niemen, in Lithuania, which is sur- 
rounded by extensive forests of the tree. 
T. E. microphylla, the Small-leaved European Lime, is very 
distinct from the common tree, and easily recognised when in 
leaf. Its foliage is much smaller, and at first sight it has a 
striking resemblance to that of the Populus tremula, or trem- 
bling poplar. Its blossoms, although smaller, are more abun- 
dant, and have a stronger perfume than those of the common 
species. The tree, though very rare in this country, abounds 
in the Duchy of Nassau in Germany, and is perfectly hardy. 
It forms the principal tree embellishment in the avenues at 
Schwalbach. It is of dwarf habit, and does not appear to 
attain a height beyond that of thirty feet. Its profusion of 
blossom when I saw it obscured its foliage, and presented 
one mass of cream-coloured inflorescence, which continued un- 
fading for a month, accompanied with a constant hum of bees. 
In the Continental nurseries it is trained with clean stems to 
the height of six, eight, or ten feet, and the tree naturally 
