246 DICTIOKARY OF POPULAR NAMES LIME 



of the stores of ships on long voyages, being a powerful antidote 

 in cases of scurvy. 



Lime Tree, also familiarly known as Linden Tree {Tilia 

 ^z^roy^a), belonging to the Lime Tree family (Tiliace^e), found wild 

 throughout Europe and parts of Northern Asia. It is a bushy- 

 headed tree, seldom exceeding 40 to 60 feet in height. The 

 wood is light and white, and is extensively used by carvers, 

 musical instrument makers, and others. One of the most im- 

 portant parts of the Lime Tree is its bark in the ISTorth of Europe, 

 especially in Eussia, and it is extensively used for making ropes 

 and garden mats, shiploads of which are yearly imported from 

 Archangel. The bark of old trees is used instead of tiles for 

 covering houses, and shoes, baskets, nets, and other articles of 

 domestic use, are made of it. The sap of the tree, which is drawn 

 off in the spring, yields a considerable quantity of sugar. The 

 fruit of the Lime Tree, which is not much larger than a pea, has 

 been found to contain a principle similar to chocolate ; this was 

 in the time of Frederick the Great (about 1658), who took great 

 interest in its discovery, but it was found the chocolate did not 

 keep, which, with other causes, led to its abandonment. The 

 Lime Tree is planted in Germany and other parts for forming 

 avenues. 



Limewort. {See Chara.) 



Linaloa, or Linaloe, a Mexican wood, probably furnished 

 by a species of Bursera, It is highly fragrant, and is imported 

 into this country for the extraction of a fragrant oil used in 

 perfumery. The wood is said to come from the highlands of 

 Mexico, and to be brought down in pieces about the size of a 

 railway sleeper. It is used in the country where produced for 

 veneering small fancy articles. It has been known in Mexico 

 for at least fifty years, and is referred to by Guibourt under the 

 name Bois de Citron de Mexique. The name Linaloa is 

 probably derived from Lign Aloes, in the Bible, with which, 

 however, it has no connection. 



Linden Tree. (See Lime Tree.) 



Ling". (See Heather ; also Chestnut, Water.) 



