Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



able tint, cream-white, pink, crimson, purplish, and yel- 

 low, with berry-fruit, which is red, orange, purple, or 

 black, and sometimes more attractive than the flower. 



The Park shows a goodly array of this genus, though 

 the differences of species are in some cases scarcely ob- 

 servable except to a botanist. One of the most abundant 

 is the fragrafitissima from China, with a characteristic 

 found only or chiefly in this species, so far as I know — 

 a loose shreddy bark that peels off in long strips, as in a 

 grape-vine or nine-bark. This is about the earliest to 

 bloom, and it is aptly named, as the tiny flowers are 

 superlatively fragrant. 



Another, widely used to border the walks, is the Tar- 

 tarian honeysuckle which blossoms later, with some vari- 

 ation in flower-tint. The fruit of this is quite as orna- 

 mental as the flower, often remaining till far into autumn, 

 untouched by the birds, thanks to its unpalatableness. 

 Several other species might be named that are less widely 

 known, with differences more delicate than conspicuous, 

 except in the case of Z. hildebra7idii, from Burmah, with 

 shining leaves, and crimson flowers more than six inches 

 long, a comparatively rare species in this country. 

 About a dozen sorts of honeysuckle may be found in 

 various parts of the Park. 



Closely allied to the honeysuckle — probably often 

 mistaken for it — is the Weigela, a much more showy 

 genus with larger flowers, though with almost the same 

 floral type, but the leaf is serrate, not entire as in Loni- 

 cera. The bloom of the foreign weigelas is quite beau- 

 tiful, but the only species native to our territory, W. 

 trifida, is scarcely more than a weed, growing in open 



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