Tuesday, June 23, 2009

American Linden


Oh, I wish you could stand here with me and smell this flowering tree! It's wonderfully sweet, the Linden (Tilia americana), also called Basswood. It'll stop you in your tracks if you're walking by. This large tree grows right next to the Hercules statue in Old Stony Brook.

And come, you surviving honeybees, here is your greatest treat and your most fragrant labor!

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4 comments:

Biddie said...

Beautiful Tree!!! Wish that computers and the internet could transport such fine perfumes along with its words and pictures .....

Are those geese in the background?

Biddie said...

I just clicked on the picture to see the larger version - yep!! they are indeed geese. Pleasant scene ....

Priscilla said...

"Pleasant?" See today's post, Biddie.

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