FL O WERING SHR UBS. 1 1 1. 



in April — if the season be mild — and we may perceive the slender sprays 

 assuming a welcome tint of verdure — the glad promise of Spring. 



The ovate leaves, of pale green, are delicately fringed with silken 

 hairs, at first of a slight purplish tinge. The flowers appear in pairs, 

 connected twin-like from the axils of the leaves ; in colour, something 

 between a pale primrose and greenish-white, often tinged with purple. 

 The elegant drooping bells are divided at the edge of the corolla, into 

 five pointed 'segments, slightly turned outward, showing five stamens, 

 and one style, which projects a little beyond the funnel-shaped flower. 

 These graceful flowers united at the ovary, hang beneath the leaves on 

 slender thready pedicels — so slight that the least breath of air swings 

 their light fairy bells. One might almost be tempted to listen for some 

 sweet music to issue from their hollow tubes. The twin berries, when 

 ripe, are of a seuii-lransparent ruby-red, but like the fruit of all the Genus, 

 they are tasteless or of a sickly sweet flavour. They form a feast for 

 birds and rmmerous species of flies, which feed upon the pulp and juice. 

 The country people give the name of " Fly Honey-suckle " to this shrub 

 — doubtless from having noticed how attractive the fruit is to the insect 

 tribes. 



The Bush Honey-suckle thrives well in the garden under a 

 moderate degree of shade, and in black vegetable mould.* 



The general habit of this shrubby Honey-suckle is upright, not 

 climbing ; the branchlets are slender, with a pale greyish-green bark 

 and bend outwards, which gives a light and graceful aspect to the bush. 

 The crimson, juicy berries are oblong, united at the base, and contain 

 several yellowish, bony seeds. 



S]V[ALL-FLOWERED HoNEY-sucKLE. — Louicem piirviflora, (Lam.) 



This pretty clustered trumpet Honey-suckle is also a native of our 

 Canadian woods : a climber, but not often ascending to any great 

 height, sometimes low and bush-like. It might be termed a dwarf 

 climbing Honey-suckle. The flowers are showy and clustered in loose 

 terminal heads ; the tube very slender, and the segments of the corolla 

 narrowly pointed. 



This shrub seems to accommodate itself to circumstances, as it 

 does not attempt to climb when transplanted to open ground, but forms 

 a compact bush. 



The abundance of its pale red and yellow flowers in light, graceful, 

 clusters, and bluish-green foliage, make it a pretty ornament to the 

 garden, to which it takes kindly when transplanted ; the only dis- 



• It is rlainieil tu lie ;i vuliuiblf remedy in cases of Dropsy. 



