HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Pistil. — Ovary 'iiferior, one-celled ; style short ; stigmas three- 

 parted. 



Fruit. — Drupe, ovoid-oblong, red darkening to purple ; one- 

 seeded, half an inch long ; pulp soft. Stone three-grooved on 

 one side and one-grooved on the other. Sei)tember. 



The flat hydrangea-like corollas of the neutral flow- 

 ers on the margins of the flower clusters are an inch or 

 more in diameter, and appearing above the half-grown 

 leaves are extremely effective. The plant is good at 

 all seasons, with its sturdy growth, its great leaves, its 

 beautiful fruit changing through coral and crimson to 

 purple. 



The long branches often take root at the end and so 

 form loops that, in the woods where it abounds, fre- 

 quently catch the foot of the unwary, hence the name 

 Hobble-bush. This unpleasant habit seems to be re- 

 sponsible for certain other not altogether complimen- 

 tary names, as Witch-hobble and Trip-toe. 



The rusty hairs which cover the growing shoots, 

 the opening leaves, and the flower stems, are arranged 

 in star-like clusters and are objects of great beauty 

 under a magnifying glass. This peculiarity of stellate 

 hairs is shared by the Clethra and also in a very marked 

 degree by the Buffalo-berry. 



The Hobble-bush is a better garden plant, or at 

 least more manageable, when grafted upon Vtbtirniun 

 dentatiuji than upon its own roots. 



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