CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 591 



From the calyces of one or two flowers in each corymb are 

 developed large hoary-white leaves, which, contrasting with 

 the green of the leaves, constitute principally the ornamental 

 character of the plants. Propagated by cuttings or by seed, 

 which they bear abundantly. 



1. M. frondosa. This, which has the largest flowers of any, 

 being about an inch across, and orange-scarlet, is perhaps the 

 most desirable one of the species. 



2. M. macrophylla, Has flowers about half the size of the 

 last, and of deeper colour. 3. M. corymbosa. Has flowers much 

 smaller still, of a pale-orange 'colour. 4, M. latifolia. 5. M. luteola. 



CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 

 Weigela. 



W. rosea, A shrub like the Philadelphus or Mock Orange ; 

 bears at the end of every little side-branch loose clusters of 

 white and rose-coloured flowers, more than an inch long, and an 

 inch-and-a-half wide; much cultivated for its beauty in the 

 gardens of the mandarins in China, and now a very common 

 ornament in the gardens in England ; introduced by Mr. Fortune 

 some years ago into the Gardens of the Agri-Horticultural Society, 

 but seemed quite unsuited to the climate, as the plants soon 

 showed symptoms of decay, and before long perished. 



Lonicera. 



1. L, Japonica JAPAN HONEYSUCKLE. A very rambling 

 shrub, requiring the support of a trellis or some stout posts; leaves . 

 oval, two inches long, dull whitish-green ; bears at intervals, and 

 nearly at all seasons, but principally in the Cold weather, white 

 and yellow, strongly fragrant flowers ; a very common plant, met 

 with in most Indian gardens. 



2. L. Periclymenum. A small shrub, so named in the Calcutta 

 Botanical Gardens but in no way resembling the common Honey- 

 suckle of the English gardens ; a not very thriving plant, with 

 oval leaves about, an inch long, deep-green above, and hoary on 

 the under-surface ; never, that I have seen, flowering here. 



3. L. diversifolia. A straggling, weedy-looking shrub, native 



