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1. Periclymenuin Semper virens; too long for the space allotted for them, 

 Perfoliate evergreen; Virginia Honey- especially all those with weak strag- 

 suckle, which always flowers, common- I gling tops; and nail in the remaining 



ly called Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



2. Periclymenum Racemosum, Ho- 

 neysuckle with yellowiih flowers, grow- 

 ing in bunches, and a snowy fruit. 



3. Periclymenum Verticillatum, ano- 

 ther tree-like honeysuckle, with in- 



branches and shoots close to the wall. 



Propagation is effected by layers and 

 cuttings, more particularly the latter, 

 both of which readily emit roots, and 

 form plants in one year, fit to trans- 

 plant. Some sorts are also propagated 



fleeted branches, and a coral-coloured by suckers and by seed 

 flower. By Layers. — In autumn, winter, or 



4. Periclymenum Germanicum, the spring, lay a quantity of the lower 



German honeysuckle. young shoots of the former summer, 



5. Periclymenum Italianum, Italian ; shortening their straggling tops ; they 



honeysuckle. 



will be well rooted by the autumn fol- 



6. Periclymenum Vulgare, honey- lowing, each commencing a good plant. 



suckle with a corymbus of flower ter- 

 minating the stalks, hairy leaves, grow- 

 ing distinct, and very slender branches, 

 commonly called English Honeysuckle, 

 or Woodbine. 



and should be taken off, and planted in 

 nursery rows, for a year or two, to ac- 

 quire proper size and strength for use. 



By Cuttings. — Any time from Octo- 

 ber till March, is the proper time for 



7. Periclymenum Americanum, the , this work, but the sooner the better. 



evergreen honeysuckle. 



and by which method prodigious quan- 



Ae to the general culture, they require , titles of the plants may be raised, as al- 

 very little; the upright sorts in particu- , most every cutting will readily grow, 

 lar, require to have only their straggling i Choose of the young shoots of the 

 shoots shortened, and dead wood cut previous summer, the strongest and 



out; and the trailing kinds, which are 

 trained as climbers, must have their 

 branches conducted in a proper man- 

 ner upon their respective supports; 



most robust, which divide into cuttingB 

 from about six or eight to ten or fifteen 

 inches long, plant them in rows in any 

 shady border of common earth, a foot 



nd every year all rambling shoots asunder, and half that distance apart in 

 must be reduced and trained as you each row, or closer if greater ((uaiitities 

 shall see proper, so as to preserve them are required, putting of each cutting 

 within due limits; unless you design ' two parts out of three of its length into 

 they shall run wild in their own rural the ground; they will take root freely, 

 way, especially those intended to climb and shoot at top so as to form proper 

 among the branches of tree/, shrubs, plants l)y autumn or winter following, 

 and bushes; those also intended and at which time tiiey may be transplanted 

 trained annually, laying the shoots , into the nursery quarters to have more 

 alongat their length, especially till they room to grow, placing them in rows 

 have covered the allotted space; short- two feet distance, and a foot apart in 

 ening or clearing out, however, all such the rows, where let them remain a year 

 stragglers as cannot be properly train- or two, or till wanted for the shrub- 

 ed; likewise such of those sorts as are , bery. 



trained against walls, S:c., must have By Seed. — If sowed in autumn in a 

 an annual pruning and training, by go- bed of common mould an inch deep, 

 ing over them two or three times in many of the plants will probably rise 

 summer, laying in some of the most in spring ; but a great part of them are 

 convenient shoots, some at their length, apt to remain till the second spring be- 



shortening or trenching others, as it 

 shall seem necessary to preserve regu- 

 larity, and the proper succession of 

 flowers ; observing, however, to train 

 enough, at this time particularly, of 

 such as shall appear necessary to con- 

 tinue the bloom as long as possible; 

 and in winter pruning, thin out all those herbaceous 

 left in summer which may now appear mon soil, 

 superfluous, and shorten all such as are 



fore thev appear. (Ahercrombie.) 



HONEYWORT. Cerinthe. 



HOOP-PETTICOAT. JNarcissus bul- 

 bocodium. 



HOP-HORNBEAM. Phologophora. 



HOREHOUNU. Marrubium. 



HORKELLIA. Two species. Hardy 

 Seed and division. Com- 



HOHilNUM pyrenaicum. Hardy 



