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mont but becoming- frequent as an escape from cultivation. It 

 resembles its smaller relative save that it is taller, being- from 



Snowbebby. 

 In fruit, X V-i. 



two to six feet in height, and that it bears larger leaves and 

 more numerous flowers and fruits. It is, however, best dis- 

 tinguished by the fact that the native species has leaves which 

 are velvety-hairy beneath, whereas the garden variety is without 

 hairs. Some medicinal worth is attributed to the berries. 



HONEYSUCKLE. LONICERA. 



This is a group of six shrubs, five natives and one common 

 ni old gardens and as an escape. They are characterized, as 

 explained in the key, by their colored and several-seeded berries. 

 The leaves are in all cases opposite, with entire margins, and the 

 flowers are as a rule rather showy and fragrant, 

 1. Stems twining, flowers in small terminal clusters, uppermost 



leaves united at the base 2. 



1. Upright, bushy shrubs with leaves all distinct, flowers in pairs.. 3. 



2. Branches and leaves smooth, whitened (glaucous) beneath. 



Glaucous honeysuckle. 



2. Branches and leaves downy-hairy Hairy honeysuckle. 



3. The flower stem shorter than the flowers, berry double, blue. 



Blue honeysuckle. 



3. The flowers on a distinct stem as long or longer than the flowers; 



berries reddish or yellow 4. 



4. Tall shrubs (flve to flfteen feet) cultivated or escaped. 



Tartarian honeysuckle. 



4. Small shrubs (two to five feet) native 5. 



5. Blossoms in May, berries red, single Fly honeysuckle. 



5. blossoms in June, berries purplish, more or less doubled. 



Swamp honeysuckle. 



