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than counterbalanced by the properties already men¬ 
tioned : to which may also be added the fragrance of its 
pretty, pale flowers, — 
-** at dewy eve 
Diffusing odours,” — 
from which innumerable swarms of bees are seen 
“ extracting liquid sweets.” Besides, as it has been well 
remarked, in a paper on trees in Blackwood's Magazine, 
of the ash, which is also late in leafing,— “ contrast is 
one of the finest laws of association; and bare branches, 
apart but not repulsive, like some cunning discord in 
music, deepens the harmony of the grove.” Sir J. E. 
Smith mentions three species of Tilia naturalised in 
Great Britain: T. europma, common lime or linden-tree; 
T. grandifolia, or broad-leaved, downy lime; and T. 
parvifolia, small-leaved lime: the latter is thought by 
some to be really indigenous. The first mentioned, he 
says, “ is certainly the common lime-tree of the north of 
Europe. It is cultivated all over England, and in many 
parts of Scotland; and though Ray could not meet with 
it indubitably wild, no one can doubt its being perfectly 
naturalised. The French, “ growing tired of the horse- 
chestnut,” as Du Hamel reports, adopted this tree, for 
ornamental plantations, in the time of Louis XIV. 
