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Some beautiful varieties of the Scarlet Trumpet Honey- 

 suckle were imported by us a few years since, that have given 

 great satisfaction. One of the finest is C.jloribunda, having 

 clusters of large, trumpet-shaped, orange-scarlet flowers, yel- 

 low inside. 



The White Italian Honeysuckle has pale-yellow, almost 

 white, flowers. There are many other fine varieties and spe- 

 cies of this beautiful tribe, but not much known. 



CEANOTHUS. 



Ceanothus Americanus. New Jersey Tea. A delicate, 

 flowering, native shrub ; a low and bulby plant, flowering in 

 June and July, from one to three feet high, found growing on 

 the margin of woods, in dry, sandy soil. The minute white 

 flowers are crowded in clusters, and are very pretty. The 

 leaves have been used as a substitute for tea. 



CELASTRUS. 



Celastrus scandens. Wax-work. Climbing Staff. A strong, 

 woody vine, twining around small trees, and over rocks and 

 bushes, growing in moist situations and beside stone walls ; 

 very ornamental when in fruit. This native climber should be 

 introduced into every garden, for the covering of arbors, walls, 

 or trellis-work, or to be trained to a pillar in the shrubbery. 



The foliage is handsome, of a deep-green. The flowers are 

 white, in panicled clusters, arid not remarkable for show. The 

 fruit or berries very ornamental. The fruit is a berry, 

 enclosed in a round, three-valved capsule, as a walnut is en- 

 closed in the hull. When the fruit is ripe, the valves, or hulls, 

 turn backward, without falling off, and disclose a berry, of a 

 deep-scarlet, finely contrasted with the orange color of the valves. 



It is a very vigorous climber, and will grow from fifteen to 



