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shrub. The Snowball, a variety of Guelder Rose with 

 the florets all neuter, is also commonly planted. 



Honeysuckle (Lonicera Periclymenum). 



The second Latin name refers to the climbing or 

 twining habit of the Honeysuckle. The first Latin 

 name was given to commemorate A. Lonicer, a 

 German botanist of the sixteenth century. 



The Enghsh name Honeysuckle is from the A.S. 

 ''kunigsuge " (the privet) and A.S. " sugan," to suck, 

 in allusion to the honey scent and the long tubes 

 called, like Clover florets, '* suckles " by children, who 

 suck out the honey from them. 



Honeysuckle is familiar to all country dwellers, 

 being grown frequently above a rustic porch over a 

 cottage door. Frequently also another reminder of 

 the woods is there, in the shape of a blackbird or 

 mavis in a wicker cage. The peasant thus shows a 

 fine feeling — though we may take exception to the 

 bird's imprisonment— for the beauties of the country 

 both as regards melody and fragrance, of which the 

 woods breathe in spring and summer. The charms 

 of Arcady, indeed, are endless. 



There is no difficulty in finding Honeysuckle in 

 most parts of the British Isles, and in Durham it 

 ascends to 1500 ft. It occurs in the Channel Islands. 

 Woods are the haunts of the Honeysuckle or Sweet 

 Eglantine (perhaps more rightly the Sweet Briar). 

 A climbing plant, it needs the support of other plants. 



