lime, linden, basswood - which words have you used for this tree?

[Rumpel]

Nobody knows basswood?

 

[Rumpel]

One example: Here in Germany it is the custom to plant a linden-tree to mark an important date - like the beginning of peace after a war.
There are quite a few "Friedenslinden" = lime-trees for peace.

 

[Rumpel]

Which wood is most suitable for wood carving?

Woodcarvers usually prefer three types of wood: maple wood, lime wood and Swiss pine wood. But there are others suitable for carving.

www.lignoma.com

The maple wood is distinguished by its light creamy white color and is difficult to carve. It is considered one of the most valuable hardwoods and is used to make wooden statues up to 40 cm high. Prefabricated pantographs are handmade. The most minute details can be worked out particularly well. The same applies to the soft lime wood. This type of hardwood is an excellent carving wood, which is characterized by its pink-white to light yellow color and few knots.

 

[RF667799]

Tilia - Wikipedia

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lime, linden, basswood - which words have you used for this tree?

Firewood

 

[Rumpel]

Firewood

It is a real pity that you do not know better than to mock a quite normal question with a stupid and unwitty "joke".
That is unfriendly and destructive.
Sorry to say so.

 

[Rumpel]

I do not believe that nobody here has ever come across the words lime or linden or basswood.

 

[Lovebug]

Some German lady once brought me some Lindenblütentee for my cough. Wasn't bad at all, ims.

 

[RF667799]

It is a real pity that you do not know better than to mock a quite normal question with a stupid and unwitty "joke".
That is unfriendly and destructive.
Sorry to say so.

We have those trees, and we do call them firewood, especially after cutting them down. Sorry that troubles you so.

 

[Rumpel]

I think if somebody asks a decent question then he deserves a decent answer.
I have asked a decent question.

 

[RF667799]

I think if somebody asks a decent question then he deserves a decent answer.
I have asked a decent question.

I'm sorry my answer is not to your liking. You didn't specify that you would only accept answers to your liking.

 

[Rumpel]

Just imagine you are writing in a forum in another language.
You are asking a question.
And you get an un-witty idiotic answer as a stupid joke - on purpose.

How helpful!

 

[Rumpel]

This thread can be closed and deleted.

 

[RF667799]

Just imagine you are writing in a forum in another language.
You are asking a question.
And you get an un-witty idiotic answer as a stupid joke - on purpose.

How helpful!

I was certainly unaware it was that critical you only receive answers of which you approve.

I mean...you did have an option, "other words" on your poll.

I generally have two broad classifications of trees. Those that are good firewood, and those that are only acceptable firewood.

Back before I retired, occasionally someone would ask me, "What kind of tree is that?"

I would always respond that I only knew two kinds of trees. Those that pushed over easily, and those that were a little harder to bring down.

 

[ASHES]

This thread can be closed and deleted.

I'd like a more generalized discussion about trees and their various uses and values and cultural importance, but this one is highly specific about a species most of us never heard of.

 

[Rumpel]

10 The Linden Tree : The New London Chorale​

 

[Rumpel]

Schubert - The Linden Tree - New London Chorale.​

The linden tree is in the picture.

 

[Rumpel]

Some German lady once brought me some Lindenblütentee for my cough. Wasn't bad at all, ims.

Here is how to make Lindenblütentee or linden tea made from linden blossoms:

HOW TO MAKE LINDEN TEA​

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Calming and relaxing Linden tea has been used for centuries in folk medicine. Learn its other benefits and ways to harvest and store linden blossoms all year long.

WHAT IS LINDEN TEA?​

You can make Linden tea by steeping fresh or dry flowers or leaves of a linden tree in boiling water.
Linden blooms with pleasantly fragrant creamy-yellow flowers are the main component of linden flower tea. You can also make linden leaves tea with dried or fresh leaves of linden tea.
Decoction of linden flowers is a traditional means of sweating for colds and can help as a gargle. You can drink it as a pain reliever for stomach colic and is considered useful for kidney stones. Linden flower and linden leaf tea is very popular and is also a stimulant.

How to make linden tea

Relaxing Linden tea has been used for centuries. Learn its other benefits and ways to harvest and store linden blossoms all year long.

simplybeyondherbs.com

 

[Rumpel]

Here you can see one of those Frieden-Linden = linden trees for peace.

In the middle of the small churchyard of the Protestant Church, the Friedenslinde stands on the Square of Encounters. Like many other peace trees throughout Germany, this lime tree became a sign of hope and peace with the neighboring country in 1871 after the victory over Emperor Napoleon III and the end of the German-French War.

Historic churchyard Böchingen

Meeting Place

www.tourenplaner-rheinland-pfalz.de

 

[humbolt]

Woodworkers generally refer to it as basswood around here. Around here is the eastern US.

 

[Rumpel]

Here in Europe these trees are not only seen as material for working with it, they are valued for their symbolic meaning.
I suppose it is different in the US?

 

[Rumpel]

Woodworkers generally refer to it as basswood around here. Around here is the eastern US.

And are the terms lime and linden more or less un-known?

 

[humbolt]

And are the terms lime and linden more or less un-known?

It seems like it, but my interest is woodworking. Landscapers may use such names. I have heard these trees referred to as linden trees, but I can't recall when, where, or in what context - but definitely not in any lumber reference.

 

[Rumpel]

It seems like it, but my interest is woodworking. Landscapers may use such names. I have heard these trees referred to as linden trees, but I can't recall when, where, or in what context - but definitely not in any lumber reference.

So may be it is like this:

For practical affairs it is basswood.
For emotional and symbolic affairs it is linden.

 

[humbolt]

So may be it is like this:

For practical affairs it is basswood.
For emotional and symbolic affairs it is linden.

Likely so.

 

[Rumpel]

Famous is the boulevard "Unter den Linden" in Berlin.

Unter den Linden (German: [ˈʊntɐ deːn ˈlɪndn̩], "under the linden trees") is a boulevard in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Running from the City Palace to Brandenburg Gate, it is named after the linden (lime in England and Ireland, not related to citrus lime) trees that line the grassed pedestrian mall on the median and the two broad carriageways. The avenue links numerous Berlin sights, landmarks and rivers for sightseeing.

Unter den Linden - Wikipedia

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