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Lonicera, comprehending all the fine sweet-scented honey, 

 suckles. Of the Italian kinds, the monthly honeysuckle is 

 decidedly superior, continuing to flower all through the 

 Summer, until late in Autumn, and is very fragrant. Some 

 of the other European kinds maybe occasionally introduced 

 into large shrubberies. There is a white honeysuckle 

 lately introduced from France, denominated Hedysarum 

 coronarium, which is in great repute. Two or three Ameri- 

 can kinds deserve particular notice. 



Lonicera semper virens^or Coral Trumpet, monthly honey- 

 suckle, is extremely beautiful, flowering the whole of the 

 Summer, with its thousands of scarlet bunches ; it is, 

 however, destitute of scent. 



Lonicera Fraseri, also an American : the flowers are like 

 the other kind in almost every particular, except colour, 

 this being a bright yellow. 



Lonicera^ pubescent, or Caprifolium pubescens, a large 

 and beautiful honeysuckle from the North-west coast ; the 

 flowers are large, and of a bright copper colour, inclining to 

 orange they are all perfectly hardy. 



Lonicera Jlexuosa Chinese honeysuckle, of late intro- 

 duction ; it is perfectly hardy, withstanding our most severe 

 frosts without the least injury ; it is a very sweet-scented 

 honeysuckle, grows rapidly, and to an immense height. It 

 flowers in pairs and threes all up the branches, covering the 

 whole plant completely with flowers. It blossoms in Spring 

 and Autumn, and is a very valuable acquisition to our gar- 

 dens and shrubberies. 



Lonicera Japonica, or Japan honeysuckle. This bears 

 flowers in great profusion, which are white, afterwards be- 

 coming of a light yellow. It is not so hardy as the 

 Chinese, and requires a little protection in the Winter. 



Passijlora, or Passion Vine. There are several hardy 

 species, but the best is the Passiflora incarnata ; this, al- 

 though it dies to the ground every Winter, will, during the 

 Summer, grow from twenty to thirty feet, and yield abun- 

 dance of beautiful purple flowers. 



Periplaca grasca, or Silk Vine. A prolific climber, wood 

 slender, twining and elastic, leaves, smooth, ovate, lanceolate. 



