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The common woodbine, best known of British species, reaches eastward 

 to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and W. Asia. No wild plant adds more to the 

 charm of our hedgerows and thickets in July and August than this, especially 

 in the cool dewy morning or evening when the fragrance of its blossoms is 

 richest. Of several varieties, the following are the most noteworthy : 



Var. BELGICA, Alton. Dutch Honeysuckle. Of more bushy habit ; stems 

 purplish and, like the leaves, smooth. Flowers purplish red outside, fading 

 to yellowish ; yellow within. (See fig. p. 58.) 



Var. QUERCINA, Weston (var. quercifolia, Alton). Oak-leaved Woodbine. 

 Leaves lobed after the fashion of those of the common oak. 



Var. SEROTINA, Alton. Late-flowering Honeysuckle. Flowers dark 

 purple outside, becoming paler with age ; inside of lips creamy white, 

 changing to yellow. A late-flowering form and one of the best. Also known 

 as " semperflorens," under which name it was figured in The Garden^ 

 April 1 4th, 1894, pi. 957. 



L. PILE AT A, Oliver. 



(Dot. Mag., t. 8060 ; Gard. Chron., April 9, 1910, fig. 102.) 



An evergreen or partially deciduous shrub of low, spreading, neat habit ; 

 branches often horizontal ; young shoots purple, very downy. Leaves box- 

 like, ovate-oblong or somewhat lozenge-shaped, tapered at the base, blunt or 

 rounded at the apex ; to i \ ins. long, \ to ^ in. wide ; dark lustrous green, 

 smooth on both surfaces, scarcely stalked. Flowers yellowish white, produced 

 in May in very short-stalked pairs-; corolla-tube downy outside, in. long ; 

 stamens hairy, one and a half times the length of the corolla. I have not 

 seen the fruit, which Mr Wilson tells me is purple, and is described as being 

 invested at the top by a curious cuplike outgrowth from the calyx. 



Native of China ; discovered by Henry, and introduced for Messrs Veitch 

 by Wilson in 1900. Although it has but little flower beauty, and is (as yet at 

 least) very shy in bearing fruit, its neat habit and dark shining foliage is 

 pleasing. The pairs of leaves are often only from J to | in. apart on the 

 shoot. Young plants are more inclined to be evergreen than older ones. 



L. PLANTIERENSIF, Andrf. 



A twining honeysuckle with a considerable affinity to L. sempervirens, but 

 much hardier. It has lived without protection at Kew (where sempervirens is 

 tender) for upwards of twenty-five years. It is derived from that species and 

 probably some other American one. Leaves downy and glaucous beneath, 

 upper pair united. Flowers I to li ins. long, of a glowing red outside, the 

 mouth and lobes rich orange ; corolla-tube glandular, downy outside, hairy 

 within ; lobes very short, rounded, and almost regular. Style slightly downy. 

 It flowers from June onwards, bearing the blossom in a terminal stalked 

 spike composed of several whorls. The honeysuckles grown in nurseries 

 as L. Brownii, L. fuchsioides, and L. punicea have probably an origin similar 

 to that of plantierensis, and vary only in slight details. All are beautiful 

 plants, bringing into the outdoor garden much of the beauty of L. sempervirens 

 without having its tenderness. 



v L. PROSTRATA, Rehder. 



A deciduous bush, of low, rounded habit, forming a hemispherical mass of 

 slender hollow branches ; young shoots slightly hairy and purplish. Leaves 

 oval or ovate, tapered at both ends, but more abruptly at the base : f to i^ ins. 

 long, to J in. wide ; ciliate, upper surface downy at first, becoming smooth ; 



