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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



LONICBEA 



A. serrata. — A fine Chinese evergreen 

 shrub about 3 ft. high, with serrated 

 leaves. Flowers in March, pale red, 

 sweet-scented, large. 



Culture £c. as above. 



A. spathulata. — A free-flowering 

 Japanese evergreen shrub 2-3 ft. high. 

 Leaves about 2 in. long, elliptic lance- 

 shaped, bluntly pointed, sinuate-toothed, 

 smooth above, downy beneath, edged 

 with purple. Flowers in April, about 1 

 in. long, in pairs, white with yellow 

 blotches in the throat of the corolla. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. triflora. — A pretty Himalayan shrub 

 2-3 ft. high, with ovate lance-shaped 

 pointed leaves 2-3 in. long. Flowers in 

 summer, J in. across, in threes in large 

 clusters in the axils of the leaves and at 

 the ends of branches ; they are pale yellow 

 inside with a pink or purple tube, and 

 white, oblong, wavy, reflexed petals. 



Culture dc. as above. When well 

 grown this is a very striking plant when 

 covered with masses of its sweet-scented 

 flowers. 



A. uniflora, — A handsome Chinese 

 species, with broadly lance-shaped thick 

 deep green shining leaves, somewhat like 

 those of the common Myrtle, and large 

 pink and white bell-shaped flowers droop- 

 ing from the branches in August. Calyx 

 lobes leafy and tinged with brown. 



Culture dc. as above. 



LINN/EA. — A genus with only one 

 species, native of Britain and the N. 

 Hemisphere. 



L. borealis. — A pretty traUing sub- 

 shrubby creeping evergreen with roundish 

 or ovate, crenate, slightly hairy leaves. 

 Flowers in June and July, flesh-coloured, 

 twin, drooping, fragrant, on axillary 

 peduncles. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-parted, 

 with a cylindrical tube. Stamens 4, two 

 short and two long. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is an 

 excellent plant for moist parts of the 

 rockery or in cool borders. It thrives in 

 peaty soil, and may be increased by 

 division in early autumn or spring. 



LONICERA (Honeysuokle). — This 

 geniis contains about 80 species of erect, 

 trailing, or climbing shrubs, with opposite, 

 simple, entire or lobed, deciduous or ever- 

 green leaves. Flowers often fragrant, 

 cymose, axillary or capitate, sometimes 



adhering by the ovary in pairs. Caljrx- 

 limb of 5 often imequal teeth. Corolla 

 tubular or bell- shaped, gibbous in some 

 species at the base, limb oblique or 2- 

 lipped. Stamens 5. Fruit a fleshy, 2-8- 

 celled berry. 



Culture a/nd Propagation. — Lonieeras 

 are charming plants for covering walls, 

 arbours, trellises &c. They love sunshine, 

 and a light rich soil, and should therefore 

 not be planted, as is often seen, in deep 

 shade at the base of a shady tree, where 

 the roots have to struggle for existence on 

 the scanty remnants left by those of the 

 tree. 



In some of the deciduous species a 

 little judicious pruning is occasionally re- 

 quired. The old wood should be thinned 

 out to induce new growths to develop, 

 thus giving a chance of greater profusion 

 of flower, and also keeping the plants well 

 furnished with leaf-bearing shoots. 



Lonieeras root readily in autumn 

 from cuttings of the ripened young shoots 

 placed in sandy soil under a haudlight or 

 in a cold frame. They may also be ob- 

 tained by layers or from seeds. The 

 latter may be sown when ripe or in spring 

 in cold frames, afterwards pricking the 

 seedlings out when large enough into 

 light rich soil. 



L. Alberti. — A distinct and pretty 

 smooth branching shnib 2-3 ft. high, 

 native of Eastern Turkestan, with slender 

 dependent branches. The rather blunt 

 linear oblong leaves about an inch long 

 resemble those of Lycium (see p. 691), and 

 have a glaucous hue. The sweet-scented 

 rosy-lilac flowers, with an almost regular 

 5-parted coroUa, appear in June in pairs 

 in the axils of the leaves. 



Culture (I'c. as above. 



L. alpigena. — This species grows about 

 6 ft. high and is a native of the mountains 

 of Central and S. Europe, and the Hima- 

 layas. The erect stems are furnished 

 with oval lance-shaped acutfe, shortly 

 stalked leaves, the margins of which are 

 slightly toothed. The flowers are of a 

 somewhat dull red, and appear in April 

 and May. There is a dwarf variety 

 (nana) about a foot high, which makes a 

 useful rock plant, and is remarkable for 

 its shining crimson Cherry-like fruits in 

 August and September. 



L. wehhiama, from the Himalayas, 

 is closely related to this species. It has 

 large oblong- elliptic leaves, abruptly 



