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leavetb his print upon those things so wrapped ' 

 (Gerard). Our British species may well find a place in 

 any garden, and for sweetneM it will scarcely have a 

 rival ; but there are others of great beauty, such as the 

 scarlet trumpet honeysuckle from South America, and 

 the Dutch honeysuckle, and there is one from China, 

 L. fra<jranti*simrt t which can l>e grown as a climber, but 

 will also form a bush, and which has the great merit of 

 producing its orange scented, though small, flowers in 

 January. licforc leaving the honeysuckle it may be 

 worth mentioning that the name is one of our oldest 

 English names it is found in the A/WKI/ GtasMry at 

 the beginning of the eighth century but has not yet 

 Ucn satisfactorily explained. 



With a few more climbers from different |arU of the 

 world I will conclude my li*t, though it might !>e much 

 extended, and I must dcAcrilc them very shortly. 

 The Canadian moonseed (Menifpemwn ( ? <IH<I<//JIV) is an 

 excellent climber, with long wreaths of very pretty 

 foliage. The flowers are greenish, and of no lieauty, 

 and I have never seen the seed, which gives the name 

 to the plant, as it is di<rciotis, and I have only the male 

 plant, but it is described a** bearing berries like frosted 

 grapes, with a moon-shaped stnne inside. The Ahbia 

 </ui;ui/<i is another rapid climber, with beautiful, five- 

 leaved foliage and almost black flower*, very *weet- 



