Re: LINDEN Or LIME-TREE

Sep 27, 2003 1 Replies



"In all Denmark there is no more luscious month than the one when the lime trees come into bloom. They have a scent of hay, honey and holy incense."


Isak Dinesen



Also the national tree of Czechoslovakia. I haven't dared ask how the tree was "divided" in 1993 when the two countries separated.



It's amazing how insignificant a little sprig of "lipa" looks and smells...and how people and bees nearly swoon under the influence of a big one in full bloom, like the ones at the Mala Strana exit from the Prague subway.


zemedelec


Whet I was a child in Arizona there was a drive near our house that had orange trees. It was a real treat to drive down that road when they were in bloom.

Shell

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