104 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 
The tree is sugar-loaf in shape, gives a dense shade, 
and has sweet flowers so fragrant that it is sometimes 
called the bee tree, because the bees swarm all over it 
in the summer time. Its timber is valuable, being free 
Fic. 114. American Linden, or Basswood, showing the Sugar-Loaf Form 
of the Tree 
from knots and of such an even grain that it is much 
sought after for some kinds of carving. 
The familiar cigar-store Indian is usually carved from 
basswood. 
Among the broad-leaved trees there are still several 
familiar families, all loved by some of us for some reason. 
