The Lime. 



for timber, and which is not worth a rush as underwood, is 

 merely an ornamental thing, having a soft white wood, used 

 sometimes in toy-turnery, and for some other purposes of 

 no great consequence ; but the tree is greatly ornamental, 

 grows fast, and stands erect, especially if raised from the 

 seed. 



316. The SEED of this tree is a little kernel of the size 

 of a very small pea, contained within a hard and toughish 

 shell, which shell is covered with a slender pulp. The 

 seed does not always ripen in England, but it sometimes 

 does, in very fine and hot summers ^ and it may be gathered 

 early in September, in very great abundance, and with the 

 greatest possible ease. 



317. Miller, after giving directions for raising this tree 

 from layers, says, that " if the tree be intended to grow large, 

 to raise from seed is the best way." The matter for surprise 

 is, that any one should ever raise a Lime from a layer, see- 

 ing that it is always intended to grow large, that it is want- 

 ed for its height, and the mass of its foliage, to make a 

 stately appearance in avenues, in clumps, or in indej)endent 

 trees ; therefore, I shall give particular instructions relative 

 to this mode of propagation. 



318. The time of sowing is the same as that of the Ash 

 (paragraph 108), only with a covering a little less deep. 

 The seed, when collected, should be made perfectly dry in 

 the sun, then mixed with very dry sand, and kept in that 

 state until about the month of August after it is collected. 

 The mixture may then be moistened a little, and kept fre- 

 quently turned; and the sowing should take place in No- 

 vember, lest the seed should begin to sprout in the heap. 

 If you sow in the November after you have collected the 



