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The Woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum) has separate, 

 opposite leaves, and buff-colored or paler yellow and red 

 blossoms. There is a variety, the common monthly 

 Woodbine, which produces its flowers all summer, and is 

 much the most valuable plant. Another (L. p. belgicum), 

 the Dutch Honeysuckle, blossoms quite early in spring; 

 and a third (L. p. quercifolium) has leaves shjaped like 

 those of the oak tree. 



The finest of our native sorts are the Red and Yellow 

 trumpet Honeysuckle (L. sempervirens and L. Jlava), 

 which have the terminal leaves on each branch joined 

 together at the base, or perfoliate, making a single leaf. 

 They blossom in the greatest profusion during the whole 

 summer and autumn, and their rich blossom tubes, sprinkled 

 in numerous clusters over the exterior of the foliage, as 

 well as an abundance of scarlet berries in autumn, entitle 

 them to high regard. There is also a very strong and 

 vigorous species, called the Orange pubescent Honeysuckle 

 (L. pubescens), with large, hairy, ciliate leaves, and fine 

 large tawny or orange-colored flowers. It is a very 

 luxuriant plant in its habit, and a very distinct species to 

 the eye. All these native sorts have but very slight 

 fragrance. 



The Chinese twining Honeysuckle (L. Jlexuosa) is 

 certainly one of the finest of the genus. In the form of 

 the leaf it much resembles the common Woodbine ; but 

 the foliage is much darker colored, and is also sub-ever- 

 green, hanging on half the winter, and in sheltered spots, 

 even till spring. It blossoms when the plant is old, several 

 times during the summer, bearing an abundance of 

 beautiful flowers, open at the mouth, red outside, and 

 striped with red, white, or yellow within. It grows 



