242 Ornamental Shrubs. 



and coriaceous, and it may well be doubted if, taking 

 the whole summer through, anything will be found of 

 superior excellence. And even the slight drawback will 

 not apply when the tree appears in the plantation bor- 

 der or as a single specimen, for which it has peculiar 

 adaptations. 



It is not certain that more than one other species of 

 the chionanthus exists, and that is a native of southern 

 China and possibly of Japan, and is confessedly of less 

 value than our native tree. C. retusa, for that is its name, 

 is not only inferior in size, but has smaller leaves and 

 shorter and less attractive panicles of flowers. It is in 

 cultivation to some extent in Old World gardens, and is 

 worthy of recognition, though not a worthy competitor on 

 the score of merit. 



LONICERA Bush Honeysuckle. 



THE loniceras are among the most useful of hardy 

 ornamental plants known to cultivation. The 

 genus includes a number of choice vines and 

 climbers as well as shrubs, mostly natives of the north 

 temperate zone few or none being found within the 

 tropics. But with this limitation southward, their range 

 extends in the opposite direction well on towards the 

 arctic circle. Some of the species are indigenous to Si- 

 beria, northern Russia, Labrador, and the region about 

 Hudson's Bay in North America, and there is scarcely any 

 place where it is desirable to plant them, however inhos- 

 pitable, where they may not be expected to grow. They 

 constitute a genus of Caprifoliacecz, and the section known 



