THE LINDENS AND LIQUIDAMBER 



woods from New Brunswick to Georgia and as 

 far west as Kansas. 



The European lindens, or as they are called 

 in England "lime trees," may be distinguished 

 from our linden by their twigs, which are more 

 numerous and more slender than those of our 

 species. The linden has long been a favorite 

 tree for formal effects, both in Europe and in 

 this country. " The French," Du Hamel says, 

 " growing tired of the horsechestnut for 

 avenues, adopted the lime for that purpose, in 

 the time of Louis XIV., and accordingly the 

 approaches to the residences of the French, 

 as well as the English gentry of that date are 

 bordered with lime trees." Since the day of 

 the modern school of landscape gardening the 

 linden is not nearly so much planted as it 

 used to be. 



A successful experiment has been tried in 

 Germany of making table oil from the seeds 

 of this tree. A paste like chocolate has also 

 been made from the fruit, but it does not keep. 

 The family name of Linneeus, the famous 

 botanist, was originally derived from linn, the 

 Swedish name for the linden, a large tree 

 having always stood by the old family home- 

 stead. 



The European lindens are not so well suited 

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