THE HONEYSUCKLE. 



Lonicera cnprifolitim. 



VERY plant has its place, as 

 every dog has its day, and the 

 very place for this honeysuckle 

 is the wall of a comfortable Eng- 

 lish cottage, whereon it appears 

 more at home than anywhere else 

 in all the world, not forgetting 

 the woods in the south of Europe, 

 wherein it plays the reveller, and 

 perfumes the breeze. We call it 

 British, and may find it occa- 

 sionally in a wild state ; but it 

 is a doubtful native, although 

 well adapted for naturalisation 

 in woods and thickets and the 

 wilder parts of garden scenes. 

 The smaller and ever-welcome woodbine (Lonicera peri- 

 clymenum] is beyond doubt indigenous, and is one of the 

 most widely-diffused of our woodland vines, and worthy 

 of its renown in song and story. Titania, addressing the 

 ridiculous weaver of Athens, says : ' 



" I will wind thee in my arms. 

 So doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle 

 Gently entwist." 



