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being like little tassels of gold and the foliage of a rich glau- 

 cous green. It is not, however, a long-lived shrub, requiring 

 considerable petting after five or six years of growth. 



Tartarian Honeysuckle {Lonicera tartar ica). — Some of 

 the more brilliantly colored flowered varieties of this species 



Fig. 128. — Mock-orange, Large-flowered [Philaddphus grandiflorus). 



are very desirable. It makes a very large upright shrub, 

 the flowers ranging from red, through pink or yellow to 

 white, followed by bright scarlet or yellow berries. 



Mock Orange (Philadclphiis coronarius). — Often called 

 the syringa, but as this is the Latm name of the lilac 

 it cannot be properly applied to this plant. It is 

 well called the mock-orange, for its flowers somewhat 



