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present day, as it did o'er those of Shak- 

 speare's. 



" Beatrice, who e'en now 



Is couched in the woodbine coverture." 



Much Ado. 



The nurserymen of this country now offer 

 us eighteen distinct species of the lonicera, 

 besides many varieties of the common wood- 

 bine. The Dutch honeysuckle, Lonicera 

 Belgica, may be trained with a stem, and 

 formed into a head like a tree ; the flowers of 

 this variety are of a reddish colour on their out- 

 sides, and yellowish within, of a very delightful 

 odour. There are two varieties of the Dutch 

 honeysuckle, one of which is called the Long- 

 blowing, as it blossoms in June, July, and Au- 

 gust ; the other succeeds it, and is therefore 

 called the Late Red-blowing Honeysuckle, L. 

 serotina. Both of these should be planted in 

 considerable quantities. The latter kind has 

 only been introduced about a century ; for in 

 1715 it was esteemed a great curiosity, and is 

 supposed to have been first brought to this 

 country by the Flemish florists, who were 

 then in the habit of coming over annually 

 with plants for sale. 



The Virginia trumpet honeysuckle, Loni- 

 cera sempervirens, was cultivated in this 

 country by John Tradescant, jun. as long back 



