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ARBORETUM ET FHUTICETUM BllITANNICUM 



15ft. Introduced in 1805. Flowers silvery white, changing to gold colour, 

 June and July. Fruit ?. 



It is somewhat tender ; nevertheless, it will grow and flower freely against 

 an open wall in the neighbourhood of London ; and the extraordinary fra- 

 grance of its flowers, which are produced in the greatest abundance, well 

 entitles it to a place in every collection. 



J: 15. L. LONGiFLO^RA Dcc. The long-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., J. p. 333. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 447. 



Synoni/nics. f aprifbliuni longifltlrum Sabine ; Nintooa longiflbra Sift. Hort. Brit. 



cd. 2 ; OiprifBlium japonicum D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 140. ; CuprifOlium nepak-nse 



LoTid. Ilnrt. Brit. 70. 

 Engravings, liot. Rpg , 1. 1232. ; and onr figs. 983. and 084. 



Spi'c. Char., ^c. Glabrous in every part. 

 Branches twining. Leaves petiolate, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, shining above, and pale 

 beneath. Peduncles short, 2-flowered, 

 about the length of the petioles. Tube 

 Oi' corolla very long and filiform ; limb 

 [)ilabiate. Flowers several inches long, at 

 first snow-white, but finally changing to a 

 golden yellow colour. {Don's Mill.) A de- 

 ciduous twining shrub. China and Nepal. 

 Stem 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in ]82(). 

 Flowers snow white, chansing: to soki 



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L. Icn^iflura. 



colour; July to September. Fruit?. 



A very showy species, but it is somewhat 'Jsi- y"?" 



tender in British gardens. 



^ 16. L. japo'nica Thunh. Tiie Japan Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 80. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 447. 



Sijnoi)y7>ies. Kintoda japuoica Swt. Hurt. Brit. ed. 2. ; L. chincnsis Hort. Kew. ; L. flexubsaiorfrf. 



Bot. Cab. 1037. ; L. glabrata Ro.xb. ; Caprifolium chinense I.oud. Hort. Brit.; C. flexuftsum Hort. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 117. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1037.; Bot. Reg. t. 712. ; and our^^s. 9!J5. and986. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stems twining, flexuous, hairy. 

 Branchlets opposite, very hairj-. bearing 2 leaves 

 and 2 sessile flowers at the base of each. Leaves 

 about an inch long, petiolate, 

 ovate, acutish, villous, pale be- 

 neath ; uppermost ones the small- 

 est. Corolla tubular, irregular, 

 about an inch long, red and vil- 

 lous on the outside, and white 

 inside, sweet-scented, equal in 

 length to the stamens. (Don's 

 Mill.) A twining shrub. China, 

 Japan, and the Himalayas. Stems 

 15ft. to soft. Introduccdin 1806. 

 Flowers yellow and red ; July to 

 September. 



Perhaps the most valuable species of the genus, next to the indigenous 

 one. It is nearly evergreen, apparently as hardy as the common wooilbine, 

 and of far more robust habit of growth ; and, probably, a imich longer- 

 lived plant. Its flowers, which are produced for several months together, are 

 exceedingly fragrant ; and, by pruning and watering, it may be kept in fiower 

 in the open garden from April to November, and in a conservatory through- 

 out the year. No garden whatever, whether large or small, should be without 

 this s[)ecies. Intending purchasers of this species will find that plants in pots 

 are much to be preferred, though they are one half dearer ; because, if they 



9S5. L.japdnica. 



9SC. L. JainJnica. 



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