3i8 TREES AND SHRUBS 



Belgica is the Dutch Honeysuckle and is of strong 

 growth. L. Caprifolium is not a true native, but 

 has become naturalised. Major is a distinct variety. 

 Then there are the evergreen Trumpet Honeysuckles 

 (L. sempervirens and varieties, minor being the best 

 known ; the flowers are scarlet and yellow). Plantie- 

 rensis is a good hybrid with larger flowers. The 

 Trumpet Honeysuckles are not so robust and free as 

 the late Dutch, for example. The well-known varie- 

 gated Japan Honeysuckle, L. japonica aureo-reticulata, 

 should not be planted much ; its small, green, yellow- 

 netted leaves are pretty, but one quickly tires of their 

 colouring. L. etrusca, orange yellow, and L. flava, 

 which must have a warm place, may also be men- 

 tioned. Certain species are quite bushy in growth. 

 L. tomentella has small pink flowers in July. L. 

 fragrantissima blooms in winter and is a delightful 

 wall Honeysuckle ; its small white flowers are very 

 fragrant. L. Standishii is also sweet scented. A plant 

 or two of either kind near the windows is very 

 pleasant on sunny winter days. The Honeysuckles 

 are charming, and should be in every garden at 

 least one or other of them. 



MAGNOLIA. M. grandiflora (evergreen) is generally 

 grown against a wall. The large, glossy, green leaves 

 and big, creamy, fragrant flowers are very handsome. 

 M. conspicua (deciduous) I have also seen very beauti- 

 ful against a wall, a mass of white in late spring. The 

 flowers in this position are less likely to get damaged 

 by frost and rain. Its varieties may be used in the 

 same way, but the type is the best. 



