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 



Lonicera involucrata. 



Leaf of Involucred 

 Fly-honeysuckle. 



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. 



Flowers. — June, July. Yellowish, perfect, 

 borne on a two to three-flowered peduncle in 



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