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being like little tassels of gold and the foliage of a rich glau- 

 cous green. It is not, however, a long-lived shrub, requiring 

 considerable petting after five or six years of growth. 



Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tartarica). Some of 

 the more brilliantly colored flowered varieties of this species 



FIG. 128. Mock-orange, Large-flowered (Philadelphus grandiflorus). 



are very desirable. It makes a very large upright shrub, 

 the flowers ranging from red, through pink or yellow to 

 white, followed by bright scarlet or yellow berries. 



Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronarius). Often called 

 the syringa, but as this is the Latin name of the lilac 

 it cannot be properly applied to this plant. It is 

 well called the mock-orange, for its flowers somewhat 



