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pnining well ; for, in a state of nature, those 

 plants that cannot ascend without the assistance 

 of others are ol'lcn liable to lose large branches ; 

 they have therefore a proportional vigour of 

 growth to restore accidental damages. It is 

 subject, when placed near buildings, to be 

 disfigured and injured by Aphidts, vulgarly 

 termed Blights : these insects are not very nu- 

 merous in spring, but as the summer advances 

 they increase in a su'prising degree ; their first 

 attacks should of course be watched, and the 

 branches they first appear on be cut off and destroy- 

 ed, for when they have once gained ground they 

 are defended by their numbers. Small plants 

 may be cleared of them by tobacco dust or 

 Spanish snuff, but this is not practicable for 

 large trees : the leaves are likewise liable to be 

 curled up by a small caterpillar, which produces 

 a beautiful little moth, Phalcena Tortri.r. In 

 the evenins some species of Sphinges or Hawk- 

 Moths arclilso frequently seen to hover over the 

 blossoms, and with their long tongues to e.Ntract 

 the honey from the very bottom of the flowers. 



There are several varieties ; as the Late Red, 

 which produces a greater quantity of flowers to- 

 gether than either the Italian or Dutch sorts, 

 making a finer appearance than either of them 

 during the time of flowering ; but it has not 

 been so long cultivated as the latter. 



It was formerly termed Flemish Honeysuckle. 

 There are also sometimes varieties with striped 

 leaves. 



The Dutch variety may be trained with 

 stems, and formed into heads, which the wild 

 sort cannot, the branches being too weak and 

 trailing for the purpose : the branches of this 

 ^re smooth, of a purplish colour, garnished 

 with oblong oval leaves, three inches long, 

 and an inch and three quarters broad, of a lucid 

 green on their upper side, but pale on their un- 

 der, having very short foot-stalks j they are 

 placed by pairs, but are not joined at their base : 

 the (lowers are produced in bunches at the end 

 of the branches, each flower arising out of a 

 scaly cover, which, after the flowers fade, forms 

 au oval head, whose scales lie over each other 

 like those of llsh : the flowers arc of a reddish 

 colour on their outside, and yellowish within, of 

 a very agreeable odour. It flowers in June, 

 July, and August. 



There are two sub-varieties of it, the Long 

 Blowing and the Late Red. 



The stems are stronger, the leaves, flowers, 

 and heads of berries larger, and the corollas 

 redder than in the Woodbine sort. 



The Oak-leaved variety has sinuate leaves, 

 cut like the oak, and smooth. 



There is likewise a variety with variegated 

 leaves. 



In the tenth species the branches are slender, 

 covered with a light green bark, and garnished 

 with oval leaves of a thin texture, placed by pairs, 

 sitting close to the branches ; but those which 

 are situated towards the end of the branches 

 join at their base, so that the stalk seems as if 

 it came through the leaves : the flowers are pro- 

 duced in whorled bunches at the ends of the 

 branches ; are white, and have a very fratTant 

 odour, but of short duration, so that in about a 

 fortnight they are entirely over ; and soon after 

 the leaves appear as if blighted and sickly, mak- 

 ing an indiflcrent appearance the whole summer, 

 which has rendered them less valued than the 

 others. It f'owers in May, and is a native of 

 the South of Europe. 



The variety which is the next in succes- 

 sion to the white, is the yellow, in which 

 the shoots are much like those of the former, 

 but have a darker hark : the leaves are also of a 

 deeper green ; the flowers of a yellowish red, 

 and appear soon after the white ; they are not of 

 much longer duration, and are succeeded by red 

 berries, containing one hard seed inclosed in a 

 soft pulp, which ripens in the autumn. 



Besides this, some mention other varieties, as 

 the early red -flowering, the late red-flowering, 

 and the evergreen red-flowering. 



The eleventh grows naturally in Virginia, 

 and many other parts of North America, but has 

 been long cultivated in gardens by the title 

 of Virginia Trumpet Honeysuckle. Martyn re- 

 marks, that of this there are two varieties, if 

 not distinct species, one being much hardier 

 than the other. The old sort, which came from 

 Virginia, has stronger shoots ; the leaves are of 

 a brighter green ; the bunches of flowers larger, 

 and deeper coloured than in the other which came 

 from Carolina. These plants have the appear- 

 ance of the ninth sort, but the shoots are weaker 

 than any of those, except the wild sort called 

 Woodbine ; they are of a purplish red colour, and 

 smooth : the leaves are of an oblong ovaj shape 

 inverted, and closely surrounding the stalk ; of 

 a lucid green on their upper side, but pale on 

 their under : the flowers are produced in bunches 

 at the end of the branches; these have lonf 

 slender lubes, which are enlarged at the top, 

 where they are cut into five aliuost equal secr- 

 mcnts : the outside of the flower is of a brioht 

 scarlet, and the inside yellow; they have a great 

 appearance of the Honeysuckle, but are not so 

 deeply divided, nor are the segments reflexed. 

 They have no odour, but are cultivated for the 

 beauty and long continuance of their flowers'^ 



