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THE bhe-kbepbr'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. 



Bansioood. — From A. I. Hoot f^o. 



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

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



