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This, as well as all previously described, are vines or run- 

 ners. I will now proceed to describe the upright species. 



Lonicera tartarica, ur Early Tartarian. This is among 

 the first that greets us with its flowers in spring ; it forms an 

 upright shrub of from four to five feet, and sometimes more. 

 The common variety has flowers that are red, or somewhat 

 variegated; but there is also a white variety. These may 

 be considered among the most desirable Honeysuckles, par- 

 ticulary the red one, which is most known and cultivated ; 

 its berries are also red, and produced in pairs. 



Lonicera xylcsteum, or English Fly. This also forms an 

 upright shrub of from six to eight feet, and sometimes more ; 

 the bark is grey, or whitish ; the flowers are a pale straw co- 

 lour ; the leaves are downy, and stand opposite, by pairs. 

 Its flowers are produced in June or July, aud are succeeded 

 by red berries. 



Diervilla lutea^ or Orcadian. This forms a low shrub of 

 from three to four feet in height, throwing up a great many 

 radical shoots; its flowers are yellow, and are produced in 

 loose bunches, both at the ends and at the sides of the 

 branches. Though its flowers make no great show, still the 

 Diervilla forms an agreeable variety among other shrubs of 

 low growth. 



Xylosteum ceruleum, or Blue Berried. This forms a 

 shrub of about four feet in height ; the leaves are oblong, 

 of a fine green, and stand opposite, by pairs ; the flowers are 

 white, and are produced in May from the sides of the 

 branches, and are succeeded by blue berries, which ripen in 

 August. 



Xylosteum nigrum^ or Black Berried. -This does not dif- 

 fer much from the preceding in flowers or in foliage, but its 

 berries are black, and grow in pairs, whereas the former 

 produces each berry singly and distinct. 



There are various other species of the Honeysuckle ; such 

 as the Xylosteum caucasicum^ciliatum^ Sec. which have been 

 recently introduced into the collections of the author ; the 

 Lonicera ^mentis, or Chinese Honeysuckle, has also been 

 found to be perfectly hardy, and descriptions of these will 

 appear in a future publication. 



Boxthorn, or Lycium. Of this there are three hardy 

 species now cultivated in this country, all of which are vines 

 or twining shrubs, viz. 



Lycium barbarum, or Common Boxthorn. This is called 

 by some Matrimony Vine, and often, by the French, Blue 



