328 THE WAYFARING-TREE. 



signifies winding about ; Woodbine is evidently a corruption 

 of Woodbind ; and Honeysuckle has reference to the custom 

 among children of sucking honey out of the flowers. 



The Honeysuckle is propagated either by cuttings or 

 layers ; but a yet readier way to secure a stock of the 

 common variety is to collect young rooted plants in the 

 woods and hedges, taking care to select the month of 

 October or November for the operation ; for, if trans- 

 planted at this season, they rarely fail to grow. 



Many foreign species of Honeysuckle are cultivated ; 

 but these belong to the garden rather than to the wood- 

 land. One species, Lonicera Capn/olium (Perfoliate 

 Honeysuckle), is supposed by some to be a native of 

 Britain : it may be distinguished by having its pairs of 

 opposite leaves united at their bases, and forming a kind 

 of cup, through which the stem passes. 



THE WAYFARING- TREE. 



VIBURNUM LANTANA. 



THE GUELDER ROSE. 



VIBURNUM OPULUS. 



Natural Order CAPEIFOLIACEJE. 

 Class PENTANDBIA. Order MONOGYNIA. 



THESE two shrubs, and the common garden Laurustinus, 

 Viburnum Tinus, agree in having a funnel-shaped corolla 

 of one petal, and a calyx divided into five deep segments, 

 which remains attached to the fruit, a single-seeded berry, 

 until the latter is ripe. 



The Wayfaring-tree may easily be distinguished at all 

 seasons by its numerous pliant mealy branches, which in 

 winter are ornamented by hoary, button-like buds, and 

 in summer are clothed by heart-shaped leaves, covered 

 with mealy down. The flowers are white, and grow in 



