206 POPULAR GARDEN FLOWERS 



under the name of Lonicera flexuosa simply, and although 

 that name would not satisfy a strict botanist, it may be 

 accepted as sufficient for garden purposes. The point 

 is that the gardener must not buy plants under the other 

 names quoted also and expect them to be different. 

 This Honeysuckle was introduced from China in 1869, 

 and soon became a highly popular plant, owing to its 

 free growth and the profusion, size, and fragrance of its 

 flowers. It is quite hardy. In addition to its value for 

 rustic work, it may be made suitable for a house wall 

 by giving it a framework for support. The flowers are 

 nominally red and yellow in colour, like those of the 

 common Honeysuckle, but they are often yellow and 

 white. Their perfume is delicious. 



Another splendid garden Woodbine is the Golden- 

 netted aureo-recticulata. In some catalogues this is 

 classed as a species, in others it is included as a variety 

 of Japonica, which it is. Introduced from Japan in 1862, 

 it was soon established as a prime favourite in gardens 

 a fact that will in no way surprise those who have seen it 

 well grown. The leaf differs in shape at different stages of 

 growth, sometimes being a plain ellipse with an unbroken 

 outline, and at others lobed or cut into divisions. The 

 colour deepens to red in autumn. One may sometimes 

 see this Honeysuckle covering an outhouse or a frame 

 of rustic poles in a small suburban garden, and it is 

 indubitably a fine amateur's plant. The flowers are 

 sweet. Like its relatives, it appreciates a substantial 

 loamy soil. 



Lonicera caprifolium is the pale yellow and white wild 

 Honeysuckle of British hedgerows. It is larger than the 

 other wilding, periclymenum. There is a red variety of 

 it. Another yellow British species is Xylosteum. None 

 of the natives is much esteemed in gardens, however 



