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703. The linden, or bass-wood {Tilia Americana, fig. 

 125), yields white honey of a strong flavor, and, as it blos- 

 soms when both the swarms and parent-colonies are usually 

 populous, the weather settled, and other bee-forage scarce, 

 its value to the bee-keeper is great. 



" Here their delicious task, the fervent bees 

 In swarming millions tend : around, athwart, 

 Through the soft air the busy nations fly. 

 Cling to the bud, and with inserted tube, 

 Suclf its pure essence, its etherial soul." — Thomson. 



This majestic tree, adorned with beautiful clusters of 



