HONEY-SUCKLE. 185 



" And tho' that were chapelets on their hede 

 Of fresh wode-bind be such as never were 

 To love untrue in word, in thought, ne dede. 

 But ay stedfast, ne for plesaunce ne fere, 

 Tho' that they shudde their hertis all to tere, 

 Woud never flit, but evir were stedfast 

 Till that ther livis there assunder brast." 



The Floure and the Leafe. 



The Honeysuckle varies in colour, not only the different 

 species, but even different blossoms on the same tree : 

 some are beautifully dashed with white and crimson; 

 others are variegated with shades of purple, or yellow, or 

 both : thus its colour is seldom described. Philips notices 

 its colour in one of his pastorals : 



" And honeysuckles of a purple dye." 

 Varying as it does in colour, all the different kinds are 

 brought at once before us by this half line — from the story 

 of Ilimini : 



" the suckle's streaky light." 



HOTTENTOT CHERRY. 



CASSINE MAUROCENIA. 



RHAMNE^. PENTAXDRIA TRFGVNIA. 



Named Maurocenia by Linnaeus, in honour of Franc. Morosini, the 

 Venetian senator; who had a fine garden at Padua. 



This shrub bears a white blossom, which opens in July 

 and August, and is succeeded by a fruit of a deep purple 

 colour, from which the plant takes its familiar name. This 

 shrub retains its leaves all the year ; they are crisp and of 

 a fine green, and when full of fruit, the plant is extremely 

 handsome. Being a native of the Cape of Good Hope, it 

 will not bear our winters abroad, but should be housed 



