TREES AND SHRUBS 



SHORT -STALKED HONEYSUCKLE, Lonkera Japonica, V. 

 jiexuosa. 



Arbours. This is one of the best for pillars and archways. June, July. 



Flowers pale red outside, white within, few, usually in axillary pairs, almost 

 sessile, very fragrant ; Calyx inferior, 5-toothed ; Corolla gamopetalous, tubular, 

 5-lobed; Stamens 4, epipetalous ; Ovary inferior, 2-3-eelled, style long, stigma 

 capitate ; Fj-uit a berry, globose, glabrous, acute, black when ripe. 



Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, acute, entire, shortly petiolate, glabrous, 

 villous and purplish below when young, dark green when older. 



A deciduous tivining shrub, 4-5 ft. ; Steins flexuous, slender, villous at 

 apex, dark red. 



Native of Japan ; introduced 1806. Genus named after Adam Lonicer, or 

 Lonitzer, a German botanist (1528-1586). Specific name from L. jlexilis, bent, 

 curved. Synonym, Lonicera Z>/-ac%^oc?a = short-stalked, from Gr. bj-achys, 

 short, potts, podos, a foot. 



BLACK-BERRIED HONEYSUCKLE, Lonicera nigra. 



Gardens. March — May. 



Flowers reddish and pubescent outside, white within, in axillary pai?-s, 

 peduncles shorter than leaves ; Fruit a berry, black, globose, pairs connate 

 at base. 



Leaves opposite, oval-oblong or elliptic. 



An erect, dwarf, deciduous shrub, 3-4 ft. 



Native of Europe, in sub-alpine woods. 



WOODBINE OR COMMON HONEYSUCKLE, Lonicera Peri- 

 clymcnnm. 



Hedges, copses, gardens. June — September. This is one of the most 



beautiful and most exquisitely fragrant of oiu- native climbers. It is a great 



favourite for covering arbours or trellises. 



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