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pruning well ; for, in a state of nature, those 

 plants that cannot ascend without the assistance 

 of others are ofun liable to lose large branches ; 

 they have therefore a proportional vigour of 

 growth to restore accidental damages. It is 

 subject, when placed near buildings, to be 

 disfigured and injured by sjfihidei, vulgarly 

 termed Blights : these insects are not very nu- 

 merous in spring, but as the summer advances 

 thev increase in a surprising degree J their first 

 attacks should of course be watched, and the 

 branchestheyfirstappearonbecut oft" and destroy- 

 ed, for when they have once gained ground they 

 are defended bv their numbers. Small plants 

 may be cleared of them by tobacco dust or 

 Spanish snuff, but this is not practicable for 

 large trees : the leaves are likewise liable to be 

 curled up by a small caterpillar, which produces 

 a beautiful little moth, Phaleena Tortrix. In 

 the evening some species of Sphinges or Hawk- 

 Moths are also frequently seen to hover over the 

 blossoms, and with their long tongues to extract 

 the honey from the very bottom ot the flowers. 



There are several varieties ; as the Late Red, 

 which produces a greater quantity of flowers to- 

 gether than either the Italian or Dutch sorts, 

 making a finer appearance than either of them 

 during the time of flowering ; but it has not 

 been so long cultivated as the latter. 



It was formerly termed Flemish Honeysuckle. 

 There are also sometimes varieties with striped 

 leaves. 



The Dutch variety may be trained with 

 stems, and formed into heads, which the wild 

 sort cannot, the branches being too weak and 

 trailing for the purpose : the branches of this 

 are smooth, of a purplish colour, garnished 

 with obiong oval leaves, three inches long, 

 and an inch and three quarters broad, of a lucid 

 green on their upper side, but pale on their un- 

 der, having very short foot-stalks ; they are 

 placed by pairs, but are not joined at their base : 

 the flowers are produced in bunches at the end 

 of the branches, each flower arising out of a 

 scalv cover, which, after the flowers fade, forms 

 an oval head, whose scales lie over each other 

 like those of fish : the flowers arc of a reddish 

 colour on their outside, and yellowish within, of 

 a very agreeable odour. Jt flowers in June, 

 July, and August. 



There arc two sub-varieties of it, the Long 

 Blowing and the Late Red. 



The stems are stronger, the leaves, flowers, 

 and heads of berries larger, and the corollas 

 redder than in the Woodbine sort. 



The Oak -leaved variety has sinuate leaves, 

 cut like the oak, and smooth. 



There is likewise a variety with variegated 

 leaves. 



In the tenth species the branches arc slender, 

 covered with a light green bark, and garnished 

 with oval leaves of a thin texture, placed bv pairs, 

 sitting close to the branches ; but those which 

 are situated towards the end of the branches 

 join at their base, so that the stalk seems as if 

 it came through the leaves : the flowers are pro- 

 duced in whorled bunches at the ends of the 

 branches ; are white, and have a verv fragrant 

 odour, but of short duration, so thai in about a 

 fortnight they arc entirely over; and soon after 

 the leaves appear as if blighted and sitklv, mak- 

 ing an indifferent appearance the whole summer, 

 which has rendered them less valued than the 

 others. It flowers in May, and is a native of 

 the South of Lurope. 



The variety which is the next m succes- 

 sion to the white, is the yellow, in which 

 the shoots are much like those of the former, 

 but have a darker bark : the leaves are also of a 

 deeper green ; the flowers of a yellowish red, 

 and appear soon after the white ; they are not of 

 much longer duration, and are succeeded by red 

 berries, containing one hard seed inclosed in a 

 soft pulp, which ripens in the autumn. 



Besides this, some mention other varieties, as 

 the early red -flowering, the late red-flowerin< r , 

 and the evergreen red-flowering. 



The eleventh grows naturally in Virginia, 

 and many other parts of North America, but has 

 been long cultivated in gardens by the title 

 of Virginia Trumpet Honeysuckle. Martvn re- 

 marks, that of this there are two varieties, if 

 not distinct species, one being much hardier 

 than the other. The old sort, whieh came from 

 Virginia, has stronger shoots ; the leaves are of 

 a brighter green ; the bunches of flowers larger, 

 and deeper coloured than in theotherwhich came 

 from Carolina. These plants have the appear- 

 ance of the ninth sort, but the shoots are weaker 

 than any of those, except the wild sort called 

 Woodbine ; they are of a purplish red colour, and 

 smooth : the leaves are of an oblong oval shape 

 inverted, and closely surrounding the stalk ; of 

 a lucid green on their upper side, but pale on 

 their under : the flowers are produced in bunches 

 at the end of the branches; these have long 

 slender tubes, which are enlarged at the top. 

 where they are cut into five almost equal seg- 

 ments : the outside of the flower is ot a bright 

 scarlet, and the inside yellow; thev have a great 

 appearance of the Honeysuckle, but are not so 

 decplv divided, nor are the segments reficxed. 

 They have no odour, but are cultivated for the 

 beauty and long continuance of their flowers, 



