iMOL'XrAlN ILOWIkS ,-, 



in kixish profusion and " _i;cnll\ lo ihc jjassin^ breeze tlit'fusin<; 

 fragTancc." The slender stalks of this \-ine stand up erect, 

 and, forking- near the suniniil. hear on either siile twin-born 

 pendent blossoms of rare loxeliness. 



Seeking;- the shade and moisture, this ])lant axoids exposed 

 or sunny })laces, for 



-' Beneath dim aisles, in odorous heds, 

 'I'he slight l.inn.ia hans^s its twin-horn heads." 



and reminds us as we <^^ather its <^n-ateful perfumed bells that 

 "sweetest of all thin*j^s is wild-Hower air." 



It is widel}' distributed throu,i;hout most northern countries, 

 and is found even within the limits of the Arctic Circle. 



SMOOTH-LEAVED HONEYSUCKLE 



Lo)iicc)\i i^lauct-SLi-iis. Honeysuckle I'aniiK 



Twining, the branches glal)rous. Leaves: chartaceous-niargined, not 

 ciliate, only the upper pair ct)nnate-perfoliate. Flowers: verticiUate in a 

 short, terminal, interrupted .spike ; corolla yellow changing to red, the 

 tube strongly gibbous at the ba.se, the two-lipped limb shorter than the 

 tube ; stamens and style exserted. 



A climbing vine, with pairs of smooth leaxes coxered with 

 a delicate bloom growing along its branches. onl\- the upper 

 ones joined together rotmd the stem, which bears at its apex 

 a cluster of red and gold flowers. These blossoms are trum- 

 pet-shaped, and the five stamens and style project beyond the 

 corolla, which is vermilion outside and yellow within. The berry 

 is soft and juicv. Sometimes this vine is called Woodbine, and 

 Shakespeare in his exquisite romance of .-/ Mi(isiiinmcr-\ii:;Jit' s 

 Dream refers to this fact when he makes Oueen Titania say 

 to Bottom the W'eaxer, xvith xvhom the h'airx- King Oberon 

 bas caused her by means of a loxe philter to fall in love : 



" Sleej) thou, and 1 will wind thee in niy amis. 

 So doth the woodhine the sweet honeysuckle 

 Cienth- entwist." 



