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Vol. XII. 



/[/NE, 1889. 



No. 6. 



HONEYSUCKLES. 



MONO the few de- 

 sirable climbing 

 plants suitable for 

 the adornment of 

 the home grounds, 

 and hardy in 

 Ontario, the Hon- 

 eysuckles claim a 

 prominent place, both on account of 

 the beauty of the flower, and the 

 fragrance of most varieties. The 

 name honeysuckle is probably got 

 from the practice of sucking the 

 flower for the drop of sweet juice at 

 its base. It has long been the favor- 

 ite creeper to adorn the pillars of the 

 porch, and to cover a lattice screen, 

 as it is witnessed by Shakespeare, 

 who, nearly three hundred years ago, 

 wrote 



" Beatrice, even now, 

 Couched in the Woodbine coverture," 



referring, no doubt, to the Honey- 

 suckle, so common in England. 

 known as Lonicera caprifolium, or 

 else the Lonicera periclymeniiiin, both 

 of which were introduced from the 

 Continent, and known as Woodbines. 

 The former was also called Goat's- 

 leaf, which is simply a translation of 

 chevre fcuille, the French name for 



the whole family of Honeysuckles, 

 and of Capri/oliaceac, the Latin name 

 for the botanical order to which they 

 belong. We find John Milton, speak- 

 ingof the Honeysuckle, miscalls it the 

 Eglantine, a name poetically given 

 to the Sweet Briar {Rosa ntbiginosa), 



" Through the Sweet Briar, or the Vine, 

 Or the twisted Eglantine." 



The genus Lonicera, or Honey- 

 suckles proper, received its name Irom 

 Adam Lonicera, a German botanist, 

 who flourished between the years of 

 1528 and i5<S6. This genus is a very 

 extensive one, about eighty species 

 having been enumerated, some of 

 which are hardy, some half hardy, 

 some deciduous, some evergreen, 

 some erect, and some climbing. 



In our colored plate we have re- 

 presented three of the most popular 

 of the climbing Honeysuckles, viz., 

 beginning from the left hand side : — 

 Lonicera fiava (Yellow Trumpet), 

 light yellow, fragrant, a native of 

 North America, which was intro- 

 duced into cultivation in the year 

 1810. Lonicera Periclynuninnt Bel- 

 gica (Monthly Fragrant or Dutch 

 Honeysuckle), which we referred to 

 above as a native of Europe. The 



