2 2 o Caprifoliacece L onicera. 



beneath. A native of the South of Europe, flowering in May, 

 though not so freely as some. 



4. L. sempervlrens (fig. 1 1 6). Evergreen or Trumpet Honey- 

 suckle. This in its different varieties is one of the handsomest 

 species in cultivation, bearing its scarlet inodorous flowers in 

 great profusion for a considerable period in Summer. The 

 leaves are quite glabrous, oblong or rotundate, glaucous beneath, 

 and persistent during the greater part of the Winter. The 

 variety named Brownii, in which the flowers are of a brighter 

 hue, is one of the best. It is a native of North America. 



L. coccinea and L. pubescens are allied species from the same 

 country. 



5. L. brachypoda. One of the best evergreen species. 

 Leaves oval or oblong, glabrous and shining, with short hairy 

 petioles. Flowers medium size, in pairs, pale yellow, and very 

 sweet-scented. There is a handsome and very desirable variety, 

 named aureo-reticulata, in which the foliage is beautifully 

 netted or variegated with yellow, with a mixture of red towards 

 Autumn. This is undoubtedly one of the most elegant varie- 

 gated plants in cultivation, and like many others of its class a 

 native of Japan. L. Japonica, or L. Chinensis, is a form of 

 % this species with more or less hairy leaves. 



6. L. fiexudsa. Stems and young leaves hairy. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, purplish below when young. Flowers pink 

 and yellow, in pairs, very fragrant. Japan. 



7. L. Xylosteum. An erect species with small ovate or obo- 

 vate hairy leaves and hairy yellow small flowers in axillary pairs. 

 There are varieties with white, yellow, crimson, and black 

 berries. A native of Europe, introduced in some parts of this 

 country. L. Tatdrica is an allied species with rosy-pink flowers 

 in the common form and yellow or white in the varieties. 



8. L. fragrantissima. This species is desirable as an early- 

 flowering plant. It puts forth its pure white highly odoriferous 

 flowers in February before the leaves are developed. L. 

 Stdndishii, very near the preceding, has purple and white 

 scented flowers. Both are natives of China. 



3. AB^LIA. 



A small genus of deciduous or evergreen shrubs with slender 

 branches, opposite leaves, and terminal or axillary clusters of 

 handsome flowers. Calyx-lobes foliaceous or linear. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped. Stamens 4, equal or didynamous. Ovary 3- 



