AN UNKNOWN HONEYSUCKLE 

 By W11.1.ARD N. Clute 



IN the spring of 1917, the Foreign Seed and Plant Introduc- 

 tion Division of the United States Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try forwarded to me among other new plants for trial, a species 

 of Lonicera (No. 39697) from Nanking, China, collected by 

 Joseph BailHe of the University of Nanking. This plant, 

 which is an erect shrub, has made a remarkably luxuriant 

 growth in our grounds, new shoots reaching a length of six 

 feet or more in a single season. During the spring of 1919, 

 the plant flowered for the first time, being well covered with 

 rather small pink-white flowers which were succeeded by pale 

 red berries that remained on the plant all summer. 



Although the blosoms are of no especial beauty, yet the ir 

 abundance gives the plant an attractive appearance in spring. 



