THE MISSION OF THE VINE 



are always the climbing roses, dozens of varieties now- 

 a-days, and new ones constantly being added to the list. 

 There are other sweet-scented blooms besides, and I wish to 

 urge especially the claims of the honeysuckles. 



Whenever I make plans for the castle in the Land of 

 Heart's Desire the honeysuckles go down first on the list 

 because I have tested them thoroughly, and there is nothing 

 that will take their place. * Lonicera is the family name of 

 the honeysuckles, and Lonicera caprifolium is the sweetest 

 of them all, being the typical sort, with large white and 

 yellow blossoms. 



The books say it is deciduous, but my experience is that 

 it must make all its changes in the night, for mine is practi- 

 cally evergreen and everblooming. It will grow anywhere. 

 The pretty red Lonicera fuchsiodes is another everblooming 

 variety, but it is scentless. Lonicera semperflorens is another 

 scarlet variety which blooms profusely all summer long. 

 A beautiful Chinese variety is Lonicera standishii, with dark 

 green foliage and lovely pink and white blossoms. A Jap- 

 anese variety that gives pleasure with its prettily mottled 

 foliage is Lonicera japonica aurea reticulata. Lonicera flava 

 is a native vine with large yellow blossoms. One cannot 

 make a mistake in having a number of varieties of honey- 

 suckle. 



The jasmines come under the list of desirable sweet- 

 scented vines. The three yellow varieties are much used, 

 /. humile, J. revolutum and /. nudiflorum. 



There are at least a dozen white varieties, all very good 



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