CAPRIFOLIACEi^ 



HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE, Lcycesteria formo.m. 



Gardens, shrubberies. jMay — August. The pecuhar disposition of the 

 blossoms and the leaf-hke purphsh bracts make this an attractive shrub in 

 summer, whilst in winter attention is still drawn to it by the bright green bark. 

 It makes a good co\'ert plant, increasing itself rapidly from self-sown seed. It 

 is easily propagated from cuttings of side shoots in light soil in temperature of 

 45°-50° in April, or of half-ripe shoots in sandy soil under handliglit in autumn ; 

 layers in autumn ; seed may be sown in light soil in temperature as above in 

 March or April. 



Floicers white Avith tinge of purple, in a short, leafy, drooping raceme, 

 flowers sessile, in fascicles, disposed in approximate whorls of 5-6, subtended by 

 foliaceous purple bracts, pubescent, usually 6 under each whorl ; Calyx 5-toothed, 

 superior, persistent ; Corolla infundibuliform, ^1 in. long, tube gibbous at base, 

 limb campanulate, 5 ovate lobes ; Stameiis 5, epipetalous ; Ovary inferior, 

 5-celled, style slender, stigma capitate ; Fruit a berry, 5-celled, many-seeded, 

 J in. long, glandular-hairy, purplish ; said to be sought after by pheasants. 



Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, acuminate, entire, smooth, 

 flaccid, pale green underneath, 3-5 ins. long ; petioles connate at base. 



A deciduous shrub, with rambling habit, 4-10 ft. ; Stems woody, hollow, 

 green ; Bra?iches slender, fistular, young shoots pubescent ; Grmdh rapid. 



Native of N. India; introduced by Dr. Rayle, 1824; named after AVilliam 

 Leycester, Chief Judge of the principal native Court in Bengal. Also called 

 Flowering Nutmeg. 



ROSY WEIGELA, DierviUa florkla. 



Gardens. April — June. This free-growing and profuse-flow^ering shrub 



forms a graceful and well-furnished bush in almost any soil. The Weigelas 



or Bush Honeysuckles may be pruned after flowering. They are propagated 



by cuttings of young shoots in pots of sandy soil under bell-glass in cool 



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