The Lime. 



roots to their utmost extent^ ought to be giiibbed up and 

 taken out of the ground, making room for something else to 

 grow. 



321. There are two sorts of American Lime : the White 

 Lime {Tilia Alba) and the Downy Lime {Tilia Pubescens), 

 These Llaies^ according to IMichaux^ do not rise to a 

 height, in general, equal to ours 3 but, as ornamental trees, 

 they very far surpass ours. Li America, they are both 

 called by the name of Bass Wood, from the circumstance of 

 the inner bark being so excellent for the yielding that stuff 

 of which our garden mats are made. The wood of the 

 American Limes appears to be that of ours ; but the trees 

 have this great advantage over ours, that the leaf is larger 

 in the White Lime, is of a more ornamental shape, and 

 preserves its bright green until the frosts come. The other 

 tree, the Downy Lime, is still more ornamental, the leaves 

 being of a very bright and beautiful green on the upper 

 side, and pretty nearly white on the under side. The man- 

 ner of propagating and of managing these trees, is, of 

 course, the same as directed for the English Lime; the 

 same objections to the raising from layers apply here also. 

 It is surprising that people should not raise from the seed, 

 seeing that it is so much cheaper, as well as better in every 

 respect. I can never too often beseech the reader to remem- 

 ber, that a layer is a BRANCH of a tree; and that it is 

 against nature to expect a tall and handsome tree, with a 

 regular trunk, diminishing from the base upwards, to come 

 from a branch. Accordingly, we see them in the nurseries 

 requiring everlasting attention, to prevent their growing 

 into tbrks and becoming bushy-headed. xAfter all, they are 

 but poor scrubby thing;?, full of knots and burrs from the 

 frequent cutting about, and the wonder is that they ever 

 make any figure at all. 



