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are greenish-yellow, three-fourths of an inch long and borne in 

 pairs on slender stalks which are usually about half the length 

 of the leaves. The berries also are in pairs, about one-fourth of 

 an inch long, egg-shaped and red when ripe. It is the commonest 

 Vermont lonicera and ordinarily apt to be confused only with the 



Fly Honeysuckle, X V2. 



diervilla or bush honeysuckle, which is easily recognized by its 

 toothed, long-pointed leaf as well as by its fruit, an elongated 

 dry capsule. It is not so easy, however, to differentiate the fly 

 honeysuckle from the swamp honeysuckle. The latter will rare- 

 ly be found and then only in cold swamps. The fly honeysuckle 

 has a longer petiole, with leaves broader and often heart shaped 

 at the base, shorter flower stalks and separate red berries. The 

 fly honeysuckle is sometimes used for ornamental planting, 

 though hardly equal for this purpose to the bush honeysuckle. 



TARTARIAN honeysucklL. Loniccra tartarica L. 



This is perhaps, next to the lilacs, the commonest shrub 

 planted for ornament in Vermont. Probably through the agency 

 of the birds, seedlings have sprung up frequently by fence rows 

 and in waste places, sometimes appearing as if native. It is a 



