LIME. iY/ t 



remind the young orator of the eloquence of 

 him whose works, we have already noticed, 

 are preserved on its bark. 



In humbler situations we would have this 

 tree give the artist emulation to excel the 

 hitherto unsurpassed Gibbons. 



So great was the honour thought of plant- 

 ing a linden-tree on the continent, during the 

 confederacy, that as soon as one party had 

 made themselves masters of a village, they 

 planted a linden in the public place, destroy- 

 ing those which their adversaries had set, 

 and which was again hewed and another 

 planted as often as victory decided in favour 

 of a fresh party. 



The finest linden-trees are those that are 

 raised from seed, which should be sown in 

 the autumn, as soon as they are ripe, and 

 covered with mould about three quarters of 

 an inch deep. They are also propagated by 

 layers, which in one year will make a good 

 root : these should be laid down and trans- 

 planted about Michaelmas. The linden is 

 also increased by cuttings ; but the tree sel- 

 dom forms so fine a cone-like shape when 

 propagated by either of the latter methods, 

 as when raised from seed. 



