HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Pistil. — Ovary inferior, one-celled ] style short ; stigmas three> 

 parted. 



Fruit. — Drupe, ovoid-oblong, red darkening to purple ; one- 

 seeded, half an inch long; pulp soft. Stone three-grooved on 

 one side and one-grooved on the other. September. 



The flat hydrangea-like corollas of the neutral flow- 

 ers on the margins of the flower clusters are an inch or 

 more in diameter, and appearing above the half-grown 

 leaves are extremely effective. The plant is good at 

 all seasons, with its sturdy growth, its great leaves, its 

 beautiful fruit changdne: through coral and crimson to 

 purple. 



The long branches often take root at the end and so 

 form loops that, in the woods where it abounds, fre- 

 quently catch the foot of the unwary, hence the name 

 Hobble-bush. This unpleasant habit seems to be re- 

 sponsible for certain other not altogether complimen- 

 tary names, as Witch-hobble and Trip-toe. 



The rusty hairs which cover the growing shoots, 

 the opening leaves, and the Bower stems, are arranged 

 in star-like clusters and are objects of great beauty 

 under a magnifying glass. This peculiarity of stellate 

 hairs is shared by the Clethra and also in a very marked 

 degree by the Buffalo-berry. 



The Hobble-bush is a better garden plant, or at 

 least more manageable, when grafted upon Viburnum 

 deutatum than upon its own roots. 



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