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it. Many of our native climbing honeysuckles are beautiful and 

 well adapted to covering fences and trellises, the only objection 

 being tliat in some seasons the foliage is blasted by a fungus 

 which disfigures the plant ; but this is usually in wet seasons, and 

 after the blooming is over. The species are sempervirens and its 

 varieties, nearly all of which have scarlet and red flowers ; Sullivanti 

 Jlava, and hirsuta, which have yellow flowers and very ornamental 

 red and yellow fruit in large clusters ; Caprifolium or Pericly- 

 menum, the old Dutch monthly honeysuckle, which used to be in 

 every door-yard but now is seldom seen ; and Xylosteu7n, the old 

 Fly honeysuckle, and its varieties, with pink flowers in profusion 

 in early spring, which are followed by black fruit. L. Tartarica, the 

 old Bush honeysuckle, is one of the finest of our spring flowers, 

 being free blooming, fragrant, and ornamental in fruit ; the best 

 varieties are, alba, pure white ; splendens, with large pink flowers ; 

 and pulcherrima, with variegated flowers — red, pink, and white ; 

 there are many other shades of color, all of which are desirable. 

 L. Alberti is a neat, low-growing shrub, with lilac-colored flowers ; 

 L. Japonica Halli, a fine climbing species with white flowers all sum- 

 mer ; L. RuprecJitiana and L. Morrowi are two Japan species with 

 handsome flowers and yellow and red fruit, which completely cover 

 the plant when ripe, so that it is more beautiful in fruit than in 

 flower. L. chrysantha is a Chinese species with yellowish white 

 flowers ; L. Maximowiczii has pink flowers and red fruit ; L. Iberica 

 is a sturdy growing species, and the latest of all the bush honey- 

 suckles to bloom. 



Diervillu trifida is a native species which is not showy in flower, 

 but makes an excellent covering on shady banks, and has a good 

 autumn coloring. D. sessilifoUa is a Southern species, with j'el- 

 low flowers which are quite showy. Of ordinary garden forms of 

 Weigela I will say nothing, as they are anything but satisfactory 

 here. 



CepJialantJms occidentalis is a fine shrub in cultivation, flower- 

 ing as fx'eely on high grounds as it does in its native localities 

 along the riversides. 



All the Huckleberries and Blueberries do well in cultivation 

 when once established, and nothing can be better than their 

 autumn coloring ; two species, Vaccinium stamineum and V. corym- 

 bosum, are verj^ ornamental as flowering shrubs, and the latter is 

 well known as producing valuable fruit. 



