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and with but little care, will mount to a great height. These 

 vines with pinnated foliage, would be remarkably appropri- 

 ate when climbing up, and hanging from the branches of 

 such light airy trees as the Three-thorned Acacia, the Lo- 

 cust, etc. 



We must not forget to enumerate here the charming fami- 

 ly of the Honeysuckles ; some of them are natives of the old 

 world, some of our own continent ; and all of them are com- 

 mon in our gardens, where they are universally prized for 

 their beauty and fragrance. In their native localities they 

 grow upon trees, and trail along the rocks. The species 

 which ascends to the greatest height, is the common Euro- 

 pean Woodbine,* which twines around the stems, and hangs 

 from the ends of the longest branches of trees : 



" As Woodbine weds the plant within her reach, 

 Rough Ehn, or smooth-grained Ash, or glossy Beech, 

 In spiral rings ascends the trunk, and lays 

 Her golden tassels on the leafy sprays." 



COWPER. 



The Woodbine, [Lonicera peryclemenutn,) has separate, 

 opposite leaves, and buff-coloured or paler yellow and red 

 blossoms. There is a variety, the common monthly Wood- 

 bine, which produces its flowers all summer, and is much 

 the most valuable plant. Another, [L. p. belgiciim,) the 

 Dutch Honeysuckle, blossoms quite early in spring; and a 

 third, {L. p. quercifolium,) has leaves shaped like those of 

 the oak tree. 



The finest of our native sorts are the Red and Yellow 

 trumpet Honeysuckles, {L. sempervirens and L. flava,) 

 which have the terminal leaves on each branch, joined to- 



* Woodbind is the original name, derived from the habit of the plant of wind- 

 ing itself around trees, and binding the branches together. 



