very nice, story and pics.. linden honey is a prized herbal remedy from last several centuries...
so, what species are these popular trees? ushai On Sep 11, 7:26 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Our famous naturalist Carolus Linnaeus got his name from Linden tree (his > earler name Linne) > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Linde (Tilia) Tilioideae within the family Malvaceae. > > Fotos taken on 15.6.2011 in Knoops Park in Bremen. The tree is 10 meter (or > > higher?) > > > The flowers have a very pleasent fragrance and attracts not only human > > beings but many insects. > > Wood is soft and is used in carving, used in churches especially for > > Altars, for making furniture or veneers. > > > Flowers attract honeybees and the goldcolor honey has typical flavour of > > Linde. Dried flowers are used to prepare tea which is good against cold. > > > Linden-tea with a little bit of lindenhoney, a good book to read, in a > > rocking chair near the fireplace, listening to the crackling of the fire. > > Winter can come. > > > In former days there used to be at least one Linde in every village. The > > village court was held under the lindentree, so the tree was called > > court-tree. After an epidemy or a war a peace-linde was planted. In one of > > the tree-walks I learnt that many existing lindentrees in our area were > > planted to commemorate the german-french war in 1870/71. > > In Schluttenbach in Southgermany there is one linde supposed to be more > > than 1000 years old. > > > Linde is a very popular avenue tree. and the road is typically called > > "unter den Linden" (under the lindentrees) More or less in every city or > > village there is one "unter den Linden". Lindenallee, atleast a drugstore > > "linden apotheke". > > One of the very famous "unter den Linden" is in Berlin. Festivals, > > Demonstrations, Talks by politicians, public viewing Football, everything > > takes place "unter den Linden" > > Berlin-portal says: > > "Unter den Linden is the oldest shopping street of the city and stretches > > from the Brandenburg Gate to the castle bridge. The first trees were planted > > in 1647 on order of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm." > > > One finds many stories and poems dedicated to Linde. One very famous > > volksong is "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore, da steht ein Lindenbaum" and more or > > less everyone can sing it. > > > Regards > > Nalini
