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are turned out into a large mass of prepared light 

 rich soil, and placed against a wall, the ball being 

 broken, and the roots spread carefully out in every 

 direction, the shoots will cover several square yards 

 of wall the first summer, and flower abundantly. 



L. longifolia Hort. and our jig. 987., of which there 

 are plants in the London gardens, probably belongs 

 to this section. The plants are apparently only half- 

 hardy. Fruit blue. 



987. L. Iongif61i 



B. Berries distinct, or usually connate together at the Base, and diverging at the 

 Tip. Corolla hardly gibbous at the Base, or equal. Erect deciduous shrubs. 

 Chauzcerasi Dec. 



Derivation. The name signifies a kind of false cherry ; the fruit of some of the species resemble 

 cherries. (Dec. Prod. iv. p. 335.) 



* 17. L. TATA"RICA Lin. The Tartarian Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 247. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 335. ; Don's Mill., 3- p. 448, 



Synonymes. Xyl6steum cordatum Mcench Meth. p. 502. ; X. tataricum Dum. Cours. 



Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 36. ; Jacq. Icon., t. 37. ; Bot. Reg., t. 31. ; and our figs. 988 and 989. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Quite glabrous, erect. Leaves cordate- 

 ovate, hardly acute. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. 

 Berries distinct when young, and nearly globose, but 

 at length connate at the base. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, short, some- 

 what gibbous at the base. Fruit 

 black, with one of the berries usually 

 abortive. Bracteas 2, linear-seta- 

 ceous. Peduncles 2-flowered. (Don's 

 Mill.) An upright shrub. Tartary. 

 Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced 

 in 1752. Flowers purplish; April 

 and May. Berry bright red ; ripe 

 in August. 



988. L. tatarica. 



989. L. tatiirica. 



Varieties. 



^ L. t.2 albijlora Dec. Prod. iii. p. 335. L. pyrenaica Willd. Baumz., 



p. 181. Flowers and fruit white. 

 & L. t. 3 rubriflora Dec. 1. c. L. grandiflorum Lodd. Cat. ; L. sibirica 



Hortul. ex Pers. Ench. Flowers and fruit red. 

 a* L. t. 4 lutea Lodd. Cat. has yellowish flowers and yellow fruit. 

 3fc L. t. 5 latifolia Lodd. Cat. has broad leaves. 



This is one of the most hardy of European shrubs, and one of the few 

 which grow in the open gardens of Petersburg and Stockholm, without pro- 

 tection during winter. In British gardens, the plant is very common, and it is 

 valued for its early leafing and flowering. It will grow in any soil, and almost 

 in any situation, and is readily propagated bv cuttings. 



jn 18. L. (T..) M V GRA L. The black-fruited Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 247. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 335. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 449. 

 Synonymes. 6'aprifolium rbseum Lam. Fl. Ft: 3. p. 368. ; 



Chamascerasus nigra Delarb. Fl. Auv. ed. 2. p. 130. ; Ci- 



liegia salvatica, Ital. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Aust, t. 314. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 110.; 



Gesn., fasc. 37. t. 8. f. 48. 



Spec Char., S?c. Erect. Leaves oval-oblong 

 or elliptic, on short petioles, rather vil- 

 lous when young, but nearly glabrous in the 

 adult state. Peduncles 2-flowered, elongated, 



MM 4 



990. L. ft.) n. campaniflfcra. 991. 



