CHAP. LXIIl. 



CAPRI FOLIA CE/E. LONI CER^. 



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first, but gradually change to a golden yellow :^\i,.tAlML BOH 



colour ; hence it is called Suikadsara and Kin- 

 ginqua, that is gold and silver flowers, by the 

 Japanese. Corolla about an inch long, bilabiate. 

 (Bon's Mill., iii. p. 447.) A twining shrub, 

 native of Japan, China, and the Himalayas. 

 Introduced in 1805, and flowering in July. It 

 is somewhat tender ; nevertheless, it will grow 

 and flower freely against an open wall in the 

 neighbourhood of London ; and the extraordi- 

 nary fragrance of its flowers, which are pro- 

 duced in the greatest abundance, well entitles it 

 to a place in every collection. A plant has stood against a wall in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden since 1828, 



J 14. L. longiflo'ra Bcc. The long-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Idcniification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 447. ^^ „ , 



Sunonij7)ies. Caprifolium longiflbrum Sabine ex T.indl. Bot. Reg., 1232. ; Nintooa loiigiflora Swt. 



Hort. Brit., ed. 2. ; Caprifblium japonicum D. Don Prod. Fl. Ncp., 140. ; CaprifMium nepalfinse 



G. Don in Loud, Hort. Brit., 79. 

 Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 1232. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Glabrous in every part. Branches twining. Leaves petio- 

 late, oblong-lanceolate, shining above, and pale beneath. Peduncles short, 

 2-flowered, about the length of the petioles. Tube of corolla very long 

 and filiform ; limb bilabiate. Flowers several inches long, at first snow- 

 white, but finally changing to a golden yellow co\o\\v. {Don'' s Mill., iii. p. 447.) 

 A twining shrub, a native of China and Nepal. Introduced in 1826, and 

 flowering from July to September. 



1. 15. L. japo'nica Thimb. The Japan Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Thtinb. Fl, Jap., p. 89. ; Don's Mill., a p. 447. r. ^ d •. 



Synonipnes. Nintoua japonica Sxvt. Hort, Brit., ed. 2. ; L. chinensis Hort. Keiv., Ifals. Vena. Brit., 

 1. 117., and Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; L. flexu6sa Lodd. Bot. Cab., 1037., Ker, Bot. Beg., 712., but not 

 of Thunb. ; L. gla'irata Roxb. ; Ca|)rif61ium chinense Loud. Hort. Brit. ; C. flexubsum Hort. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 117. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1037. ; Bot. Reg., t. 712. ; and our figs. 809, 810. 



Spec. Char., <$-c. Stems twining, flexuous, hairy. B;-anchlets opposite, very 

 hairy, bearing 2 leaves and 2 sessile flowers at the base of each. Leaves 

 about an inch long, petiolate, ovate, acutish, villous, pale beneath; 

 uppermost ones the smallest. 

 Corolla tubular, irregular, about 

 an inch long, red, and villous 

 on the outside, and white 

 inside, sweet-scented, equal in 

 length to the stamens. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 447.) A twining 

 shrub. A native of China, Japan, 

 and the Himalayas. Introduced 

 in 1806, and flowering in July and 

 September. This is, perhaps, the 

 most valuable species of the genus, 

 next to the indigenous one. It is 

 evergreen, apparently as hardy as 

 the common woodbine, and of far more robust habit of growth ; and, 

 probably, a much longer-lived plant. Its flowers, which are produced 

 for several months together, are exceedingly fragrant; and, by pruning 

 and watering, it may be kept in flower in the open garden from April 

 to November, and in a conservatory throughout the year. No garden 

 whatever, whether large or small, should be without this species. Plants, 

 in the London nurseries, are 1.?. each ; at Bollwyller, 3 francs ; and at New 

 York, 1 dollar. Plants in pots are much to be preferred, though they are 

 one half dearer ; because, if they are turned out into a large mass of pre- 

 pared light rich soil, and placed against a wall, the ball being broken, and 



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