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erhdis,) is miicli used by the ]Mongolian Tartars 

 as food. These people boil the roots in their 

 broth, and grind the seeds to a powder, which 

 they mix with their tea. 



And noAV, if we wander through green lanes 

 white with liaAvthorn clusters, we find them 

 fragrant with the odours of the honeysuckle. 

 In the garden also, 



" The creeping honeysuckle weaves 

 Its yellow horns and verdant leaves." 



Our common kind (^Caprifolium Perijcly- 

 meniim) is also called woodbine ; and this is 

 one of its oldest English names. Milton calls 

 it too by our common name : — 



" I sate me down to watcli upon a bank 

 Witli ivy canopied, and interwoven 

 And flaunting honeysuckle." 



But besides that our lovely wilding flower is 

 often cherished in the garden, Ave have here 

 several other species. One of the most general 

 is the Italian honeysuckle, {Ccqmfolium Itali- 

 ciim,) which throws its long branches luxuri- 

 antly over the hedges of southern Europe, and 

 a variety of which, called by gardeners the red 

 honeysuckle, is very beautiful. 



Another very handsome and common garden 

 species is the trumpet honeysuckle, {^Capri- 

 folium semperoii'cns,) which, though it equals, 

 or perhaps exceeds in beauty, any other of 

 the common kinds, yet wants their fragrance. 

 This elegant shrub is a native of North 

 America, and flowers very freely with us from 

 this month until August. The sweet and 



