THE HONEYSUCKLE 



LONICERA PERICLYMENUM 



'IRGIN lamps of scent and dew," the 

 Honeysuckle blossoms are indissolubly 

 bound up in thought with the fragrant dusk of 

 summer evenings. During the hours of sunshine 



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a, sepals, b, petals, c, b, stamens arising from petals, c, stamen. 

 d, stigma, style, ovary. 



the " clumps of woodbine taking the soft wind upon 

 their summer thrones " and exhaUng only a faint 

 sweet smell are but somewhat neutral personalities 

 at best ; it needs the evening hour when the sunset 



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