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as 1656, and although it is without odour, it 

 is a desirable evergreen climber, the bright 

 scarlet flowers being so ornamental from May 

 to August. This kind of honeysuckle requires 

 a south aspect, and a sheltered situation. The 

 branches being weak and rambling, it is gene- 

 rally trained to a wall; but it has a better 

 effect when its branches are interwoven with 

 the cypress, or any other evergreen, which will 

 shelter it, from the north, and support its gay 

 trumpets to advantage. 



The common honeysuckles will grow in 

 almost any soil or situation, and there are few 

 inmates of the shrubbery more desirable than 

 these odoriferous stragglers, which perfume 

 the air to a great distance, particularly in the 

 morning and evening. They are easily propa- 

 gated, either by layers or cuttings; but the 

 latter are preferred. The cuttings should 

 have four joints, three of which should be 

 buried in the earth, and the fourth above the 

 surface, from which the shoots are produced. 

 September is the best month for planting the 

 woodbine cuttings. How greatly would our 

 hedges be improved by a few cuttings being 

 stuck in the ground ; how little the trouble, 

 the expence none, but the delightful air 

 would well repay the labour. 



We should have passed over the medicinal 



