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mixed. The flowers are dark-brown color, and very fragrant, 

 resembling the odor of ripe melons. The wood is also very 

 fragrant. 



Calycanthus florida. Carolina Allspice. This is a well- 

 known species, from three to five feet high, flowering from 

 June to August. There are also a number of other species, 

 but, all nearly resemble the last, except in height and the style 

 of the leaves. C.fertalis has glaucous leaves; C . Icevigatus 

 smooth leaves ; both about three feet high; all easily propa- 

 gated from suckers or layers. 



CAPRIFOLIUM. 



Honeysuckle. 



A beautiful genus, of well-known climbing shrubs, growing 

 from fifteen to twenty feet high, some of them producing their 

 flowers in succession through all the summer and autumnal 

 months. They are all valuable for pillars, arbors, trellises, &c. 



Many of the species are natives of North America ; among 

 them is the splendid Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle, a native 

 of the Southern States, but found to be hardy here, and in gen- 

 eral cultivation. Its trumpet-shaped flowers are produced in 

 clusters, of a rich scarlet without, and orange within; in bloom 

 from June to October. 



Caprifolium jlavum. Yellow Trumpet Monthly Honey- 

 suckle. This is also a native of the South, but long cultivated 

 in Europe, and from ihence introduced here. This continues 

 to bloom all the season. 



C. sempervirens. Evergreen Scarlet Monthly Honeysuckle. 

 - This is also a native of North America, perfectly hardy 

 here ; the foliage is evergreen ; the flowers trumpet-shaped, of 

 a rich scarlet without, tinged with orange within. The plant 

 grows rapidly, throws out a multitude of branches, and has a 

 singularly rich appearance, from the deep-green of its leaves 

 and the splendor of its scarlet flowers. 



