THE WOODBINE. 



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curved tubes, obtain their booty by piercing the base, a 

 method which is successfully pursued with other tubular 

 flowers, such as the Jasmine. To the flowers succeed 

 bunches of scarlet berries, which are clammy to the touch, 

 glutinous, and sweet to the taste, but mawkish. In 

 October the Woodbine, with praiseworthy perseverance, 



THE WOODBINK. 



endeavours to impart a grace to the fading year by pro- 

 ducing a new crop of flowers, which, though not so luxu- 

 riant nor so numerous as the first, are quite as fragrant. 

 Clusters of flowers and of ripe berries may then be found 

 on the same twig, uniting autumn with summer, as the 

 early foliage united winter with spring. 



The name Lonicera was given to it in honour of Lonicer, 

 a German : Periclymeiium is a Greek compound, and 



