CHAP. LXIII. 



CAPRI FOLI A V CEA:. 



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first, but gradually change to a golden yell<> ^ sos 



colour; hence it i^ rallr.l Suikadsara and Kin- 

 ginqua, that is gold and silver flowers, by the 

 Japanese. Corolla about an inch long, bilabiate. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 447.) A twining shrub, 

 native of Japan, China, and the Himalayas. 

 Introduced in 180.5, and flowering in July. It 

 is somewhat tender; nevertheless, it will grow 

 and flower freely against an open wall in the 

 neighbourhood of London ; and the extraordi- 

 nary fragrance of its flowers, which are pro- 

 duced in the greatest abundance, well entitles it 

 to a place in every collection. A plant has stood against a wall in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden since 1828. 



-3 14. L. LONGIFLO V RA Dec. The long-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 447. 



Synmymc*. Caprifuliura longiflbrum Sabfne ex I.indl. Hot. Reg., 1232. ; Nintoba longiflbra Swt. 



llort. Brit., ed. 2. ; C'aprifblium japonicum D. Don Prod. Fl. Xcp., 140. ; faprifolium Bepaln*e 



G. Don in Loud. Hort. Brit., 79. 

 Engraving. Bot. Reg., t 1232. 



Spec. Char., #c. Glabrous in every part. Branches twining. Leaves petio- 

 late, oblong-lanceolate, shining above, and pale beneath. Peduncles short, 

 2-flowered, about the length of the petioles. Tube of corolla very long 

 and filiform ; limb bilabiate. Flowers several inches long, at first snow- 

 white, but finally changing to a golden yellow colour. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 447.) 

 A twining shrub, a native of China and Nepal. Introduced in 1826, and 

 flowering from July to September. 



*- 15. L. JAPO'NICA Thunb. The Japan Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 89. ; Don's Mill., a p. 447. 



Si/noni/incs. Xinto<,a japonica Swt. Hort. Brit., ed. 2. ; L. chinfensis Hort. Kew., Wats. Dend. Brit., 

 t 117., and Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; L. flexubsa Lodd. Bot. Cab., 1037., Kcr, Bot. fieg., 712., but not 

 of Thunb. ; L. gUbrkta Roxb. ; Caprifblium chinense Loud. Hort. Brit. ; C. flexubsum Hort. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 117. ; Bot. Cab., 1. 1037. ; Bot Reg., t. 712. ; and our figs. 80!', 810. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems twining, flexuous, hairy. Branchlets opposite, very 

 hairy, bearing 2 leaves and 2 sessile flowers at the base of each. Leaves 

 about an inch long, petiolate, ovate, acutish, villous, pale beneath ; 

 uppermost ones the smallest. 

 Corolla tubular, irregular, about 

 an inch long, red, and villous 

 on the outside, and white 

 inside, sweet-scented, equal in 

 length to the stamens. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 447.) A twining 

 shrub. A native of China, Japan, 

 and the Himalayas. Introduced 

 in 1806, and flowering in July and 

 September. This is, perhaps, the 

 most valuable species of the genus, 

 * next to the indigenous one. It is 



evergreen, apparently as hardy as 

 the common woodbine, and of far more robust habit of growth ; and, 

 probably, a much longer-lived plant. Its flowers, which are produced 

 for several months together, are exceedingly fragrant; and, by pruning 

 and watering, it may be kept in flower in the open garden from April 

 to November, and in a conservatory throughout the year. No garden 

 whatever, whether large or small, should be without this species. Plants, 

 in the London nurseries, are 1*. each ; at Bollwyller, 3 francs ; and at New 

 York, 1 dollar. Plants in pots are much to be preferred, though they are 

 one half dearer ; because, if they are turned out into a large mass of pre- 

 pared light rich soil, and placed against a wall, the ball being broken, and 



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