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various shades of yellow and purple. A native of China 

 and Japan, and perfectly hardy as a wall or pillar plant. 

 L. flexuosa aureo-reticulata is a worthy variety, in which 

 the leaves are beautifully netted or variegated with 

 yellow. 



L. FRAGRANTISSIMA. China, 1845. This species is often 

 confounded with L. Standishii, but differs in at least one 

 respect, that the former is strictly a climber, while the 

 latter is of bushy growth. The leaves, too, of L. Standishii 

 are hairy, which is not the case with the other species. It 

 is a very desirable shrub, with white fragrant flowers, 

 produced during the winter season. 



L. HISPIDA (Siberia, 1883) has greenish-white pendulous 

 flowers, ovate-elliptical leaves, and erect stems growing to 

 about a yard in height. 



L. PEEICLYMENUM. Honeysuckle, or Woodbine. An 

 indigenous climbing shrub, with long, lithe, and twisted 

 cable-like branches, and bearing heads of sweetly-scented 

 reddish-yellow flowers. This is a favourite wild plant, and 

 in the profusion and fragrance of its flowers it is surpassed 

 by none of the exotic species. There are several distinct 

 nursery forms of this plant, including those known as L. 

 Periclymenum Late Dutch, L. Periclymenum Early Cream, 

 and L. Periclymenum odoratissimum ; as also one with 

 variegated foliage. 



L. SEMPERVIRENS. Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle. A 

 North American evergreen species (1656), with scarlet, 

 almost inodorous flowers, produced freely during the 

 summer. For wall covering it is one of the most useful of 

 the family. The variety L. sempervirens minor is worthy 

 of attention. 



L. STANDISHII, a Chinese species (1860), has deliciously- 

 fragrant white flowers, with a slight purplish tint, and is 

 well worthy of attention, it soon forming a wall covering 

 of great beauty. 



L. TATARICA. Tartarian Honeysuckle. Tartary, 1752. 



