‘120 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWELS. 
in fact, it is quite a respectable border shrub. But its best 
quality is its production very earty in the year—even in 
January if the winter be a mild one—of an abundance of 
small white flowers that are very sweet-scented. 
The genus Lonicera is named in honour of Adam 
Lonicer, a physician and naturalist, born at Marpurg in 
1528. He studied at Mentz, took the degree of doctor 
in 1554, and soon after settled at Frankfort, where he 
practised as a physician. He wrote many books, but one 
only appears to have acquired a lasting renown; this is 
the ‘ Naturalis Historie Opus novum,” in two parts, first 
published in 1551 and 1555. In the second part there is 
much curious information about plants, and particularly 
those that grow near Frankfort; and it contains a list 
of plants in various languages to which the student of 
botanical terminology may refer with advantage. 
