This section is from the book "Plants And Their Uses - An Introduction To Botany", by Frederick Leroy Sargent. Also available from Amazon: Plants And Their Uses; An Introduction To Botany.
Basswood, obtained from the linden tree (Figs. 251, 252), resembles the sap-wood of magnolia in appearance and properties. On account of its lightness, uniform texture, and pale color it is used especially for the bottoms of drawers, for carving and pyrography, and because of its stiffness serves well for trunks.

Fig. 251.-Elm-leaved Linden (Tilia uhnifolia, Linden Family, Tiliaceoe). Flowering branch. Flower, enlarged. Same, cut vertically. (Baillon.)-Tree 30 m. or more tall; bark grayish; leaves whitish beneath; flowers cream-color; fruit brownish. Native home, Europe.

Fig. 252.-Linden. Floral diagram. Fruit. Seed, entire. Same, cut vertically. (Baillon.)
 
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