INTRODUCTION. 



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THE Li:.IE TREE. 



TILIAC^. 



LIME TRIBE. 



The plants belonging to this natural order are 

 mostly trees or shrubs. They have all a muci- 

 laginous wholesome juice, and many of them are 

 remarkable for the toughness of the fibres of the 

 inner bark. In a species of Aristotelia this is 

 so strong, as to be converted into strings for 

 musical instruments. One genus (Cbrchorus) sup- 

 i plies the Indians with fishing-lines and nets ; and 

 I the Lime or Linden tree furnishes the material 

 ji of which, in Russia, bast mats are made. Some 

 j i genera produce edible berries, and the bony seeds 

 j i of others are not uncommonly set in gold, and 



