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abundance of narrow sharp leaves an inch in 

 length : the flowers many, sinall, blue, at the 

 tops oF the twigs, among the leaves. It is a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



The fifth is a biennial plant ni this climate : 

 the stems channelled, hairy, two feet high ; thR 

 leaves about tvi'o inches long, and one broad in 

 the middle, sessile, light green : flowers small, 

 on long, slender, axillary peduncles, forming a 

 loose spike : the corolla light blue. It flowers 

 in July, and is a native of Virginia, &c. 



Culture. — The two first kmds mav be in- 

 creased by seed, cuttings of their stalks, and 

 parting the roots. 



The seeds should be sown in autunm, or early 

 in spring, in a warm border, or in pots or boxes, 

 so as to be moved to different situations in dif- 

 ferent seasons, to have shelter from frost, and 

 shade from the mid-ilay sun in summer. Those 

 sown in autumn generally come up more freely 

 the following spring than those which are 

 sown in that season. They should have shelter 

 in hard frosts, either under a frame, or awning 

 of mats, but be fully exposed in mild weather, 

 giving occasional waterings in the sprimr and 

 sunnner. When the plants have attained t\vo or 

 three inches growth, they should be pricked out 

 in separate small pots of rich earth, giving wa- 

 ter, and placing them in the shade till fresh 

 rooted, repeating the waterings occasionally in 

 hot dry weather, and shifting them into larger 

 pots as they may require ; in winter movingthem 

 into a frame to have occasional shelter from incle- 

 ment weather J and in the spring following some 

 of them may be turned out into the full ground 

 about March, when they will flower the ensuing 

 .summer. Some should also be retained in pots to be 

 moved under shelter in winter, as a reserve in case 

 those in the open air should be killed by frost. 



As these plants generally flower in the greatest 

 perfection the first and second year of their 

 blowmg, it is proper to raise a supply of new 

 plants every year or two, in order to have tliem 

 flower in the utmost perfection every year. 



The cuttings of the young stalks should be di- 

 vided into lengths of 'five or six inches, and be 

 planted in an easterly border, two parts deep, 

 being covered down with hand-glasses, and wa- 

 tered occasionally. They mostly emit roots, and 

 form young plants in a month or six weeks; 

 when the glasses should be taken away, and the 

 plan s managed as the others. 



These hardy sorts sometimes afford ofl"-setsfrom 

 their sides at bottom, which may be separated in 

 autumn, and potted for young plants, being ma- 

 naged as the seedlings. 



The last three sorts may also be raised by seeds 

 procured from abroad, which should be sown in 



potsof light sandy earth in theautumn, and pbrnv 

 ged in the bark-bed; and when the plants arc three- 

 inches high, planted in separate pots, being re-- 

 plunged m the baik-bed, giving water and occa- 

 sional shade till they are fresh rooted. They 

 must remain constantly in the hot-house, and 

 liave freijuent moderate waterings given them. 



The first two sorts have a fine appearance in 

 the borders and clumps of pleasure-grounds, 

 where they will succeed when protected in winter 

 from frosts. 



And the tender sorts afford a fine variety in 

 hot-house collections. 



LOBLOLLY BAY. See Gordonia. 



LOCU.ST-TREE. See Ceratonia. 



LOGWOOD. See H^matoxyi.um. 



LONDON-PRIDE. See Saxifhaga. 



LONICERA, a genus containing plants of 

 the deciduous flowering shrubby and evergreen 

 kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Petitandr'ia 

 Monogynla, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Asgregatcc . 



The characters are : that thccalyx is a five-part- 

 ed, superior perianthium, small : the corolla one- 

 petalled, tubular : tube oblong, gibbous : border 

 five-parted : divisions revolute, one of which is 

 more deeply separated : the stamina have five 

 awl-shaped filaments, nearly the length of the 

 corolla: anthers oblong: the pistilluni is a round- 

 ish, inferior germ : style filiform, the length of 

 the corolla: stigma obtuse-beaded : the pericar- 

 pium is an umbilieated, two-celled berry : the 

 seeds roundish, and compressed. 



The species are : 1 . L. nigra, Black-berried 

 Upright Honeysuckle ; 2. L. Tatar'iea, Tarta- 

 rian Upright Honeysuckle; 3. L. Xylosteiun, 

 Fly Honeysuckle ; 4. L. Pi/renaica, Pyreneaii 

 Upright Honeysuckle; 5.' L. alpigeria, Rcd- 

 herried Ujjright Honeysuckle; 6. L. ccerulea. 

 Blue-berried Upright Honeysuckle ; 7. L. aym- 

 phoricarpos. Shrubby St. Peter's-wort ; 8. L. 

 dierviUa, Yellow - flowered Upright Honey- 

 suckle ; g. L. perklymenum. Common Honey- 

 suckle; 10. jL. caprij'idhnn, Italian Honey- 

 suckle; 11. L. semperi}ire7is, Trumpet Honey- 

 suckle; 12. L. grata. Evergreen Honey- 

 suckle. 



'i'he first is three or four feet in height: the 

 leaves are small, the younger ones hirsme, quite 

 entire, but plaited a little, so as to appear serrate: 

 stipules ovate-lanceolale: bractes two dry scales 

 and three transverse broad leaflets : the peduncles 

 are axillary, slender, an inch long, opposite : the 

 c:rlyxbroadish : the corolla purple on the outside, 

 white within, or quite white, pubescent : the 

 berries black, a little oblong, containing three, 

 five, and sometimes ten seeds. Tl is a native of 



