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in fact, it is quite a respectable border shrub. But its best 

 quality is its production very early in the year even in 

 January if the winter be a mild one of an abundance of 

 small white flowers that are very sweet-scented. ' 



The genus Lonicera is named in' honour of Adam 

 Lonicer, a physician and naturalist, born at Marburg in 

 1528. He studied at Mainz, took the degree of doctor 

 in 1554, and soon after settled at Frankfort, where he 

 practised as a physician. He wrote many books, but one 

 only appears to have acquired a lasting renown ; this is 

 the " Naturalis Histories Opus novum," in two parts, first 

 published in 1551 and 1555. In the second part there is 

 much curious information about plants, and particularly 

 those that grow near Frankfort; and it contains a list 

 of plants in various languages to which the student of 

 botanical terminology may refer with advantage. 



