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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



(2-4 inches long). Maxchukian IIoxetsuckle — Lonicera 

 Ruprecliti<\na. 

 I. Mowers pink, red, or white and not changing to yellow when old; 

 fruit red, yellow, or orange. (L.) 

 L. Hairy shrub with small, |-1^ inches long, bluish or grayisli 

 green leaves ; flowers abundant ; fruit red. Free-flowering 

 Honeysuckle — Lonicera floribunda. 

 L. Smooth shrub with larger, 1-2| inches long, leaves often 

 heart-shaped at base. Very variable and common, to 10 feet. 

 Tartarian Honeysuckle (384) — Lonicera talarica. 



The last four species are very common, with many hybrids, and thus 

 intermediate forms are known. 



Diervllla and Weigela are genera closely related to Lonicera and are 

 often popularly called honeysuckles. Loniceras have fleshy few-seeded 

 berries for fruit, while Diervillas and AVeigelas have dry oblong many- 

 seeded capsules. Diervilla and Weigela are often united under the name 

 Diervilla, but for our purpose had better be considered as separate. The 

 DiEKViLLAS proper have small, 

 i-| inch long, slender-tubed, 2- 

 lipped, yellow flowers of no great 

 beauty and seldom found in cul- 

 tivation. 



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Fia. 385. — Common Weigela. 



Fig. 386. — Large-flowered Weigela. 



The Weigelas are among our most popular flowering shrubs, with 

 large funnel-shaped, 5-lobed corollas of many colors. The leaves are 

 opposite, simple, feather-veined with notched edges. Besides the four or 

 five original species from eastern Asia, of which there are many varieties, 

 there are an almost endless number of hybrids now in cultivation. In 

 fact, the tendency is to cultivate only these hybrid forms, as the flowerr. 



