8o GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



rose-purple flowers in pairs, and is one of the most important of the 

 family. 



Loniceras (Honeysuckles). The Honeysuckle is too familiar to 

 describe. Its pretty slender growths and fragrant flowers are the glory 

 of many an English hedgerow. There are climbers and bush kinds, the 

 latter being useful for the border and the climbers for draping walls, tree 

 stumps, pergolas, and similar erections. Of the border kinds, L. Tor- 

 mentella, a fairly well-known kind, is valuable principally for its late 

 flowering, its small pink flowers appearing in pairs generally in July. 

 L. fragrantissima is one of the few hardy shrubs to -flower in winter 

 out of doors. As a wall shrub it is very satisfactory, as it is free in 

 flower and growth too, and although its white flowers are small they 

 are deliciously scented. L. Standishiis another winter-flowering Honey- 

 suckle, with delightfully fragrant flowers. Where sweet-scented winter- 

 flowering shrubs are required planters will do well to remember these 

 two Honeysuckles. L. Alberti, a dwarf kind, is very rare, and from the 

 middle of June to the middle of July displays its dainty rose-coloured 

 flowers. L. involucrata, known also as L. Ledebourii, bears yellowish 

 red flowers freely in June. L. tatarica forms a dense bush, six feet 

 or so high, and in May and June is very pretty with its wealth of rose- 

 coloured flowers. 



Of climbing sorts the evergreen Trumpet Honeysuckles (Lonicera 

 sempervirens vars) are rampant in growth and have showy flowers 

 during summer. Those of the type are scarlet outside and yellow in 

 the tube. Plantierensis is a remarkably fine hybrid, with larger flowers 

 than those of the last-named. The colour is bright orange and scarlet. 

 Where variety is wanted, Brownii and superbum may be added. The 

 Trumpet Honeysuckles should be planted in a sheltered part of the 

 garden. 



L. japonica aurea reticulata (syn. L. brachypoda aurea reticu- 

 lata) is a sun-loving climber. Its small green leaves are heavily netted 

 with rich yellow. The variety named flexuosa bears sweet-scented 

 pink and yellow flowers abundantly, and L. etrusca, a European 

 vigorous species, is very free, the flowers orange yellow. L. flava is 

 another strong grower, but it is only a success in warm situations. 

 Honeysuckles may be propagated by cuttings inserted in sandy soil in a 

 sheltered position outdoors in October. 



Lycium europseum (European Box Tree) is a well-known cottage 

 garden plant of free growth, even on poor soils. Its long spiny shoots, 

 clothed with small light-green leaves, carry many small reddish-coloured 

 flowers, which are succeeded by small berries. Suitable for clothing 

 dry banks. L. barbarum is a beautiful seaside shrub, slender in growth, 

 with violet-coloured flowers and orange-scarlet berries. Of the last- 

 named, there is a form with pretty silvery foliage. 



Passiflora (Passion- Flower). The blue Passion-Flower and its 

 white variety, Constance Elliot, are most effective climbers for covering 

 a large space in a short time, and are practically evergreen, only losing 

 their foliage while the young leaves are starting in the spring. During 

 the whole summer they are covered with their large, starry flowers, and 



