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gether at the base, or perfoliate, making a single leaf. They 

 blossom in the greatest prolusion during the whole summer 

 and autumn, and their rich blossom-tubes, sprinkled in nu- 

 merous clusters over the exterior of the foliage, as well as an 

 abundance of scarlet berries in autumn, entitle them to high 

 regard. There is also a very strong and vigorous species, 

 called the Orange pubescent Honeysuckle, [L. ])iibesce?is,) 

 with large, hairy, ciliate leaves, and fine large tawny or 

 orange-coloured flowers. It is a very luxuriant plant in its 

 habit, and a very distinct species to the eye. All these na- 

 tive sorts have but very slight fragrance. 



The Chinese twining Honeysuckle, [L. Jlexuosa,) is cer- 

 tainly one of the finest of the genus. In the form of the leaf 

 it much resembles the common Woodbine; but the foliage 

 is much darker coloured, and is also sub-evergreen, hanging 

 on half the winter, and in sheltered spots, even till spring. It 

 blossoms, when the plant is old, several times during the 

 summer, bearing an abundance of beautiful flowers, open at 

 the mouth, red outside, and striped with red, white, or yel- 

 low within. It grows remarkably fast, climbing to the very 

 summit of trees in a short time ; and the flowers, which first 

 appear in June, are deliciously fragrant. In all its varieties 

 the Honeysuckle is a charming plant, either to adorn the 

 porch of the cottage, the latticed bower of the garden, to both 

 of which spots they are especially dedicated ; or to climb the 

 stems of the old forest tree, where — 



"With clasping tendrils it invests the branch 

 Else unadorn'd, with many a gay festoon, 

 And fragrant chaplet ; recompensing well 

 The strength it borrows with the grace it lends." 



There it diffuses through the air a delicious breath, that 

 renders a walk beneath the shade of the tall trees doubly de- 



