Our navigation bar is loading . . .

Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Encyclopedia Britannica

LIME

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 694 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LEO-LOB

LIME ,1 or LINDEN. The lime trees, species of Tilia, are familiar timber trees with sweet-scented, honeyed

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

, which are borne on a common peduncle proceeding from the middle of a long bract. The genus, which gives the name to the natural order Tiliaceae, contains about ten species of trees, natives of the north temperate zone. The general name Tilia europaea, the name given by Linnaeus to the European lime, includes several well-marked sub-species, often regarded as distinct species. These are: (1) the small-leaved lime, T. parvifolia (or T. cordata), probably wild in woods in England and also wild throughout Europe, except in the extreme south-

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, and Russian Asia. (2) T. intermedia, the common lime, which is widely planted in Britain but not wild there, has a less northerly distribution than T. cord eta, from which it differs in its somewhat larger leaves and downy fruit. (3) The large-leaved lime, T. platyphyllos (or T. grandifolia), occurs only as an introduction in Britain, and is wild in Europe south of Denmark. It differs from the other two limes in its larger leaves, often 4 in. across, which are downy beneath, its downy twigs and its prominently ribbed fruit. The lime sometimes acquires a great size; one is recorded in Norfolk as being 16 yds. in circumference, and Ray mentions one of the same girth. The famous linden tree which gave the town of Neuenstadt in Wurttemberg the name of " Neuenstadt an der grossen Linden " was 9 ft. in

diameter

DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

.
The lime is a very favourite tree. It is an object of beauty in
t This is an altered form of O. Eng. and M. Eng. lind ; cf. Ger. Linde, cognate with Gr. tXL.rsi, the silver fir. " Linden " in English means properly " made of limeor lindwood," and the transference to the tree is due to the Ger. Lindenbaum.
the

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

when the delicately transparent green leaves are bursting from the protection of the

pink

PINK

and white stipules, which have formed the bud-scales, and retains its fresh green during early summer. Later, the fragrance of its

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

, rich in honey, attracts innumerable bees; in the autumn. the foliage becomes a clear yellow but soon falls. Among the many famous avenues of limes may be mentioned that which gave the name to one of the best-known ways in Berlin, " Unter den Linden," and the avenue at Trinity College,

Cambridge

.
The economic value of the tree chiefly lies in the inner bark or liber (Lat. for bark), called bast, and the

wood

. The former was used for

paper

PAPER
PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

and mats and for tying garlands by the ancients (Od. i. 38; Pliny xvi. 14. 25, xxiv. 8. 33). Bast mats are now made chiefly in Russia, the bark being cut in long strips, when the liber is easily separable from the corky superficial layer. It is then plaited into mats about 2 yds. square; 14,000,000 come to Britain annually, chiefly from Archangel. The

wood

is used by carvers, being soft and light, and by architects in framing the models of buildings. Turners use it for light bowls, &c. T. americana (bass-wood) is one of the most common trees in the forests of Canada and extends into the eastern and southern United States. It is sawn into lumber and under the name of white-wood used in the manufacture of wooden

ware

WARE

, cheap furniture, &c., and also for

paper

PAPER
PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

pulp (C. S. Sargent, Silva of North America). It was cultivated by Philip Miller at Chelsea in 1752.
The common lime was well known to the ancients. Theophrastus says the leaves are sweet and used for

fodder

FODDER

for most kinds of cattle. Pliny alludes to the use of the liber and wood, and describes the tree as growing in the mountain-valleys of Italy (xvi. 3o). See also Virg. Geo. i. 173, &c.; Ov. Met. viii. 621, x. 92. Allusion to the lightness of the wood is made in.Aristoph. Birds, 1378.
For the sweet lime (Citrus Limetta or Citrus acida) and lime-juice, see LEMON.

End of Article: LIME

If you wish, you can link directly to this article.

<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/LEO_LOB/LIME.html">
LIME
</a>

(Previous)
LIMBUS (Lat. for " edge," " fringe," e.g. of a ...

(Next)
LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere...

	The JCSM Study Center	America's Christian Foundation	Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained	NKJV Web Hosting and Services
JCSM's Sermons, Debates and the Bible on MP3	The Online Christ-Centered Ministries	Do You Have A Web Site? Your Ad Could Be Here!	Seminary Notes and Papers	The Picturesque Photo Albums

Kingdom Debt Solutions - Be Debt Free!

Sport Logos - Quality Athletic Equipment

The JCSM Study Center

Your Ad Could Be Here!

Launch A Successful Internet Organization or Business!

Learn Guitar, Bass, or Piano in San Diego county!

Free & Cheap Cell Phones | Cheap Long Distance Phone Service Carriers | Talk America Local Phone Service | Ztel & MCI - Unlimited Long Distance
Compare Cell Phone Plans & Companies | International Calling Cards & Prepaid Phone Cards | Voice Over IP Broadband Internet Phone Service | Wireless Phone Plans & Cheap Cell Phones

Dr. Jason Gastrich

Jason Gastrich, Ph.D.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries is directed by Dr. Jason Gastrich. It was founded in 1997 and it exists to bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that have been sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA 92169
1-877-850-3878 or Email

_____________________________________________________________________________

Online First Aid and CPR Certification . The Online Christ Centered Ministries . The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained . The Inerrancy Discussion Board . Free Email Accounts . Home Equity Loans . JasonGastrich.com . The Missions, Apologetics, and Creation Bible Conference . Young Earth Creation Science . San Diego Music Lessons . 10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings . Gastrich.net . Maximizing the Internet: 12 Keys to Success . Louisiana Baptist University . NKJV Web Hosting and Services . Michael Newdow . San Diego Soccer Training . Christian Guitar Lessons . Jesus Christ Saves Ministries . Eternal Security

LIME

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries, P.O. Box 70696, Pasadena, CA 91117JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-present.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries, P.O. Box 70696, Pasadena, CA 91117
JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-present.