given, in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, of some of 
the new and rare plants which he found in his travels through 
Canada in the year 1819; and now that I have had the op- 
portunity of seeing living individuals cultivated in the garden 
of Mr SmirH, nurseryman at Ayr, I feel more than ever sa- 
tisfied, that the present species is distinct from every Caprifo- 
lium of which a figure or description has hitherto been publish- 
ed. Its nearest affinity appears to be with the Lonicera flava 
of Botanical Magazine, t. 1318. (Caprifolium Fraseri, Pursh), 
but it were hardly possible that so striking a circumstance as 
the glandular pubescence of the germen and corolla, and that 
of the ciliation and pubescence of the leaves, should have been 
overlooked by these authors, had such marks existed in their 
plant; added to which, the cartilaginous margins which form 
one of the essential characters in C. Fraseri, are wholly want- 
- ing here. That species also appears to have been found only 
upon the Paris Mountains, South Carolina, and the Kaatskill 
Mountains, near New York. The Lonicera dioica of Bota- 
nical Register, t. 138. (Caprifolium parviflorum, Purss), has 
its upper leaves of a similar form, and the flowers sometimes 
yellow; but here, again, appears no pubescence or glands, the 
flowers are smaller, and of a different figure, and all the leaves 
are connato-perfoliate. 
Mr Gopie discovered this woodbine in woods near King- 
ston, and near Lake Simeoe, in Upper Canada, flowering ™ 
July. Living plants of it, which he brought to the nursery- 
ground of Mr Smrru at Monkswood Grove, Ayr, flourish well ; 
and as they flower in June and July, as readily and in equal 
profusion with our British honeysuckles, there can be no doubt 
that this beautiful and desirable species will soon become — 
mon in our gardens, particularly as the blossoms, in addition 
to their fine golden hue, have an agreeable scent to recom- 
mend them. 
canine 
Fig. 1. Lower petiolated leaf. Fig. 2. Flower, with its bractea._ Fig- pons 
men. Fig. 4. Germen and calyx.—All but Fig. 1. more or less magnified 
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