CAPRIFOLIACE^-HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



HONEYSUCKLE 



Lonicera japdnica. 



Lonicera, in honor of Lonitzer, a German naturalist and physician; 

 1528-1586. 



A favorite climbing vine with variable foliage and fragrant cream- 

 white, tubular flowers, fading to yellow. Appears in several garden 

 varieties: fiexudsa, chinSnsis, HalMna, and aiireo^eticulata. 



Honeysuckle. Ltmicera japdnica 



Stem. — Long, trailing or climbing. 



Leaves. — Opposite, variable, sometimes variegated, half -evergreen; 

 generally ovate and blunt, but sometimes acute, more or less hairy. 



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