TREES AND SHRUBS 



Leaves opposite, elliptic to obovate, hardly acute, entire, glabrous, white 

 or glaucous beneath, upper ones connate, 1^-2^ ins. long. Autumn leaves 

 brown. 



A deciduous hvining shrub, 15-20 ft. ; glabrous. 



Naturalised in some English counties, and in the south of Scotland. 



ITALIAN HONEYSUCKLE, Lonkera etrusca. 



Walls. May, June. 



Floive?-s purplish outside when expanding, yellowish-white inside, finally 

 becoming yellow, fragrant, in veiiiciUate heads, usually 3 heads at top of 

 each branch ; Fruit a berry. 



Leaves opposite, obovate, entire ; upper ones connately-perfoliate, cup- 

 shaped, acute, hairy ; lower ones shortly petiolate, obtuse. 



A deciduous txdning shrub, 15 ft. ; Stems reddish-purple. 



Native of S. Europe. Known in gardens as L. gigantea. 



YELLOW TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE, Lonicera flava. 



Arbours. A strong grower in warm situations, as against a south wall. 

 June, July. 



Floxvers bright yellow, fading to orange, very fragrant, in an interrupted 

 spike of large terminal verticillate heads ; Corolla ringent, tube 1-1^ in. long, 

 lobes oblong-obtuse, about half as long as tube ; Filaments and style glabrous, 

 exserted ; Fruit a berry, \ in. diam. 



Leaves opposite, obovate or oval, entire, obtuse, thin, pale and glaucous, 

 upper ones connately-perfoliate, sometimes cup-shaped. 



A deciduous twining shrub. 



Native of N. America; discovered by John Fraser on Paris Mountain, 

 South Carolina; introduced 1810. Specific name from L,. Jlavus, yellow. 



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