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leaveth his print upon those things so wrapped ' 

 (Gerard). Our British species may well find a place in 

 any garden, and for sweetness it will scarcely have a 

 rival ; but there are others of great beauty, such as the 

 scarlet trumpet honeysuckle from South America, and 

 the Dutch honeysuckle, and there is one from China, 

 L. fragrantissima, which can be grown as a climber, but 

 will also form a bush, and which has the great merit of 

 producing its orange-scented, though small, flowers in 

 January. Before leaving the honeysuckle it may be 

 worth mentioning that the name is one of our oldest 

 English names — it is found in the Epiiial Glossary at 

 the beginning of the eighth century — but has not yet 

 been satisfactorily explained. 



With a few more climbers from difi"erent parts of the 

 world I will conclude my list, though it might be much 

 extended, and I must describe them very shortly. 

 The Canadian moonseed {Menispernum Canadense) is an 

 excellent climber, with long wreaths of very pretty 

 foliage. The flowers are greenish, and of no beauty, 

 and I have never seen the seed, which gives the name 

 to the plant, as it is dioecious, and I have only the male 

 plant, but it is described as bearing berries like frosted 

 grapes, with a moon-shaped stone inside. The Akebia 

 quinata is another rapid climber, with beautiful, five- 

 leaved foliage and almost black flowers, very sweet- 



