CHAP. LXIII. 



caprifolia'ce.^. LONI'CER^. 



1049 



and our^g. 806. 



Pericl^menum, and L. implexa. It is inferior in vigour only to L- japonica. 



Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. each ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc ; and 



at New York, 37a cents. 



L mkroyh-gUa Hook. FI. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 283., is a provisional name, given to some dried spe- 

 cimens received from the north-west coast of America, by Sir W. J. Hooker, but which had neither 

 flowers nor fruit, and may, possibly, therefore, belong to some other genus. The leaves are scarcely 

 more than 6 lines long, uniform, exactly cordate, and very villous. 



B. Limb of Corolla nearli/ equal. — Veridymenum Tourn. 

 ■ -$ 10. L. sEMPERvi^RENS Ait. The evergreen Trimj^et Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 230. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. -MH. 

 Synonymes. Caprifolium sempervirens Mlchx. Ft. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 105. ; Pericl^menum semper- 



vireiis Mill. Diet, No. 1. ; vJlaternus empervirens Koe/U. ex Steud. ; /'ericlymenum virginiacum Riv. 



Mon., 116. 

 Engravings. Hort. Angl., t. 7. ; Knorr Del., 1. t. 53. ; Krauss, t. 1. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Leaves persist- 

 ent, sub-evergreen, obovate or ovate, glaucous 

 beneath ; upper ones connately perfoliate. 

 Spikes nearly naked, composed of whorls of 

 flowers ; tube of corolla ventricose on the 

 upper side ; limb nearly regular, with 5 round- 

 ish lobes. Branches brown. Leaves deep 

 green above, 2 in. long and 1 in. broad. 

 Whorls of flowers usually 3, at the top of each 

 branch. Flowers of a beautiful scarlet outside, 

 and yellow inside, about 1 in. long, inodorous. 

 There are several varieties of this species, par- 

 ticularly one with an almost uprigiit stem. 

 {Do7i^s Mill.,m. p. 446.) A twining shrub, 

 native of North America, from New York to 

 Carolina, in dry stony woods. Introduced in 

 1656, and flowering from May till August. 

 The fine scarlet flowers of this species, and 

 the length of time during which they are pro- 

 duced, render it a very desirable one ; but it 

 is somewhat tender, and rather capricious in 

 regard to situation. It will not thrive in clayey or wet soil ; neither in the 

 smoke of cities, nor in a confined situation. It grows well in sand, but still 

 better in sandy peat. It succeeds but indifferently in the London nurseries ; 

 and the metropolitan trade is generally supplied from the Goklworth 

 Nursery, where it grows luxuriantly, and is propagated by layers to a great 

 extent. Price of plants, in London, Is. 6(/. each. ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc and 

 50 cents; and at New York, 37^ cents. 



Varieties. 



A L.S.2 major Ait., Curt. Bot. Mag., 1781., 

 Schmidt Baum., t. 104. The large Trum- 

 pet Honeysuckle. — Leaves roundish, 

 and flowers very large, and of a brilliant 

 scarlet. 

 J L.S.3 minor Ait., Sims. Bot. Mag., 1753. ; 

 Ker Bot. Reg., t. 550. ; L. conniita 

 Mecrb. Icon., 1. 11 ? The small Trumpet 

 Honeysuckle. — Leaves oblong, acute at 

 both ends; upper ones obtuse, perfoHate: 

 with small flowers, which m'e scarlet both 

 outside and inside. This is an elegant 

 climbing shrub, but it can only be re- 

 commended for open airy situations in 

 the country ; and the soil in which it is 

 planted ought to be occasionally stirred and manured 



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