RED 



the New World could yield. Perhaps at that time it received 

 its English name which likens it to the gorgeously attired dig- 

 nitaries of the Roman Church. 



TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE. 



Lonicera sempervirens. Honeysuckle Family. 



A twining shrub. Leaves. Entire, opposite, oblong, the upper pairs 

 united around the stem. Flowers. Deep red without, yellowish within ; 

 in close clusters from the axils of the upper leaves. Calyx. With very 

 short teeth. Corolla. Trumpet-shaped, five-lobed. Stamens. Five. Pis- 

 til. One. Fruit. A red or orange berry. 



Many of us are so familiar with these flowers in our gardens 

 that we have, perhaps, considered them "escapes" when we 

 found them brightening the pasture thicket where really they are 

 most at home, appearing at any time from May till October. 



The fragrant woodbine, L. grata, is also frequently culti- 

 vated. Its natural home is the rocky woodlands, where its sweet- 

 scented whitish or yellowish flowers appear in May. Its sta- 

 mens and style protrude conspicuously beyond the corolla-tube, 

 which is an inch in length. 



The greenish or yellowish flowers of the fly honeysuckle, L. 

 ciliata, grow in pairs. They are found in the rocky woods of 

 May, on an erect, bushy shrub, the leaves of which are all dis- 

 tinct, never meeting about the stem. 



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