HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



The Tartarian Honeysuckles are most attractive 

 bushes. One of their best features is the graceful out- 

 line of a finely-grown individual when the branches 

 bend outward and downward almost to the grass. The 

 flowers of the different varieties are white, pink, rose, 

 or deep red, and possess a pleasant fragrance. They 

 come into leaf early ; the foliage is luxuriant and re- 

 mains until late in the autumn ; and the red or orange 

 berries are very abundant and extremely ornamental. 

 The berries have the translucent appearance of cur- 

 rants ; in flavor they are a sweetish bitter, with the 

 bitter inclined to remain somewhat unduly in the 

 mouth. The birds seem to eat them very little, con- 

 sequently they adorn the bushes for a considerable 

 period. 



INVOLUCRED FLY-HONEYSUCKLE 



Lon iccra involucrata . 



Northern shrub, three to five feet high ; 

 branches four-angular ; found in deep woods. 

 Ranges from Quebec to British Columbia and 

 Alaska, rarely comes within the borders of the 

 United States. 



Stems. Oldest stems are gray and ragged, 

 the growing shoots yellow. Stems gray. 



Leaves. Opposite, simple, pinnately veined, 

 two to six inches long, oblong, ovate, oval or 

 obovate, rounded or wedge-shaped at base, en- 

 tire, acute or acuminate at apex ; pubescent 

 when young. Petioles short, dark green above, 

 paler beneath. 



Leaf of involuted Flowers.}\\w, July. Yellowish, perfect, 

 Fiy-honeysuckie. borne on a two to three -flowered peduncle in 



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