Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
able tint, cream-white, pink, crimson, purplish, and yel- 
low, with berry-fruit, which is red, orange, purple, or 
black, and sometimes more attractive than the flower. 
The Park shows a goodly array of this genus, though 
the differences of species are in some cases scarcely ob- 
servable except to a botanist. One of the most abundant 
is the fragrantissima from China, with a characteristic 
found only or chiefly in this species, so far as 1 know— 
a loose shreddy bark that peels off in long strips, as in a 
grape-vine or nine-bark. ‘This is about the earliest to 
bloom, and it is aptly named, as the tiny flowers are 
superlatively fragrant. 
Another, widely used to border the walks, is the Tar- 
tarian honeysuckle which blossoms later, with some vari- 
ation in flower-tint. The fruit of this is quite as orna- 
mental as the flower, often remaining till far into autumn, 
untouched by the birds, thanks to its unpalatableness. 
Several other species might be named that are less widely 
known, with differences more delicate than conspicuous, 
except in the case of Z. Ai/debrandi, from Burmah, with 
shining leaves, and crimson flowers more than six inches 
long, a comparatively rare species in this country. 
About a dozen sorts of honeysuckle may be found in 
various parts of the Park. 
Closely allied to the honeysuckle—probably often 
mistaken for it—is the Weigela, a much more showy 
genus with larger flowers, though with almost the same 
floral type, but the leaf is serrate, not entire as in Zont- 
cera. ‘The bloom of the foreign weigelas is quite beau- 
tiful, but the only species native to our territory, W. 
trifida, is scarcely more than a weed, growing in open 
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