LINDEN TREE. 
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in which two faithful hearts are inseparably 
united. 
Among the trees of central Europe, the Lin¬ 
den is known to attain the greatest age next to 
the Oak. Near Neustadt, on the Kocher, in 
Wirtemberg, there is a stately Linden, which 
for many centuries has attracted the notice of 
passengers, and invited them to rest in its shade. 
Its trunk is thirty-six feet in circumference. 
The branches issue from it at the height of 
eight to ten feet, in a horizontal direction, and 
are supported by pillars, partly of stone, partly 
of wood, otherwise they would break down by 
their own weight. In 1811, there were one 
hundred and twenty such pillars. This Linden 
has now withstood time and tempests for at 
least six hundred years. 
In the cemetery of the hospital of Annaberg, 
in Saxony, there is a very ancient Linden tree, 
concerning which tradition relates that it was 
planted by an inhabitant of Annaberg with its 
top in the ground, and that its roots became 
branches, which now overshadow a considerable 
part of the cemetery. The planter of this tree, 
who was buried not far from it, left a sum of 
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