LARGE LEAVED LINDEN, OR LIME. 93 
to be principally the European, while the native kinds 
being more hardy and vigorous, ought to have the pre- 
ference, particularly the present species, (T. heterophylla,) 
which in a good soil becomes a large tree, and is at the 
same time splendidly ornamental. The insect that de- 
vours the leaves of the Linden appears to be a moth, I - 
which suspends its cocoons at the ends of the twigs of 
the trees it has stripped; these ought carefully to be re- 
moved and destroyed, by which means the evil, if not 
wholly cured, would be decidedly mitigated. 
The Dutch plant the Lime in towns, along their widest 
streets, and by the sides of their canals; and the whole 
country is thus perfumed by their flowers during the 
months of July and August; they likewise afford an 
ample repast for the bees. 
The wood of the European Lime tree is of a pale 
yellow or white, close-grained, soft, light, and smooth, 
and not liable to be attacked by insects. It is used by 
pianoforte-makers for sounding-boards, and by cabinet- 
makers for a variety of purposes. It is turned into 
domestic utensils of various kinds, carved into toys, &c. 
The most elegant use to which it has been applied is 
for carving, for which it is superior to any other wood. 
Many of the fine carvings in Windsor Castle, St. Paul’s, 
Trinity College Library at Cambridge, and in the Duke 
of Devonshire’s mansion at Chatsworth, from the hand 
of the celebrated Gibbons, are of this wood. It makes 
excellent charcoal for gunpowder. Baskets and cradles 
were formerly made from the twigs. The leaves are 
also employed as fodder for cattle in Europe. It is 
in Russia and some parts of Sweden that the well- 
known bass mats are formed from the inner bark of 
this tree. The bark stripped from young trees of six 
f A species of Oiketicus. 
