THE HONEYSUCKLE. 119 
tration, this style of leafage being called by the botanists 
“connate.” Of the common ZL. periclymenum there are several 
varieties known—Dutch, Belgian, oak-leaved, late-red, &c., 
all of which have some degree of special merit; but the 
variegated-leaved variety is worthless. One of the very 
best for a good place in the garden is L. sempervirens, the 
trumpet honeysuckle, an American species, with bold heads 
of scarlet flowers, which are inodorous. Under the name 
Lonicera brachypoda we may group half a dozen garden 
varieties, such as J. Chinensis and L. Japonica; and here 
we find one of the most beautiful of the family in that 
called Awreo-reticulata, which is exquisitely rich in its 
leafage, and well worth attentive observation. It will be 
noticed that at one time the leaves are lobed like those of 
the oak-tree, and at another time they are simply ovate or 
elliptical, without lobes, for they alter in form as they grow, 
and they are always richly painted with bright-green lines 
on a ground of gold-yellow or full deep orange, which 
acquires rich tinges of red when the chills of autumn check 
the growth. Wherever this plant can be accommodated 
with a trellis, or can be carried by an arch over a walk, 
or have careful training up a wall to a height of ten to 
twenty feet, it should be allowed “a chance.” It will 
erow grandly and flower sweetly, and if it happens to he 
the only plant of Japan you possess, it will compel you 
to cherish agreeable thoughts of that interesting country, 
from which we have derived a very large proportion of 
our most valued garden flowers. 
The winter-flowering honeysuckle (LZ. fragrantissima) is 
an extremely useful but altogether unattractive shrub. It 
grows ina style similar to a lilac, and does not climb or 
riot at all. Its light green leafage is agreeable in summer ; 
