LONICEKA 



GUELDEB BOSE OBDEB 



LONICEEA 483 



pointed, and 2-lipped yellowish- green 

 flowers tinged with purple outside. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



L. angustifolia. — A rather handsome 

 -deciduous shrub 4-6 ft. high, native of the 

 Himalayas. It has slender branches and 

 narrow lance-shaped leaves rather more 

 than an inch long, and fringed with hairs 

 on the margins. The small tubular pale 

 yellow flowers appear in April and May, 

 and are borne in pairs at the end of a 

 slender, drooping stalk issuing from the 

 leaf axil. 



Culture dc, as above. 



L. bella. — A very handsome bush 

 Honeysuckle about 4-6 ft. high, said to 

 be a hybrid between the Japanese L. 

 Morrowi and L. tatarica. It retains its 

 leaves until quite late in- autumn, and 

 in April and May produces its soft yellow 

 or rose-tinted flowers in great abundance. 

 These are afterwards followed, about 

 July, with showy masses of scarlet fruits 

 resembling Bed Currants. The variety 

 •albida with whitish blossoms is an excel- 

 lent plant. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. Caprifolium. — A native of Central 

 fl.nd S. Europe and W. Asia, but now 

 ■naturalised in the copses of Cambridge 

 ■and Oxford. Upper leaves united by 

 very broad bases, oblong or triangular, 

 glaucous beneath ; lower ones stalked, 

 broadly ovate or oblong. Flowers in 

 May and June, yellowish, with a purplish 

 Ttube 2 in. long, highly fragrant, borne in 

 capitats whorls. Berries globose, scarlet. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. confusa {L. halleana). — A slender 

 twining Japanese species with ovate, deep 

 green leaves, sometimes ruddy tinted. 

 Flowers in summer, pure white at first, 

 •changing to yellow, in pairs from the axils 

 of the leaves at the tips of the young 

 shoots. This plant is now regarded as a 

 variety of L. jwponica. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. etrusca. — A deciduous European 

 cUmber with obovate, blunt, downy leaves, 

 lower ones shortly stalked, upper ones 

 united at the base, acute. Flowers in 

 May and June, purple outside, yellow 

 within, sweet-scented, in vertioOlate heads 

 at the ends of the branches. L. semper- 

 Jlorens is probably a variety of this. 



Culture dc. as above. Eequires to be 

 grown in warm sheltered spots. 



L. flava {L. Fraseri). — A pretty N. 

 American climber, with smooth, thickish, 

 obovate or oval, very pale green leaves, 

 glaucous on both sides, the 2-4 upper pairs 

 united into round cup-like disks. Flowers 

 in June, bright yellow ; tube of the corolla 

 somewhat gibbous. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. flavescens. — This shrubby Honey- 

 suckle is also known in some gardens as 

 L. wehhiana, the true plant of which, 

 named by WaUich, is probably not in 

 cultivation, or very rarely seen. The 

 plant here described is said to be a native 

 of British Columbia. It has lance- shaped 

 tapering leaves, ovate acute bracts, and 

 united bracteoles, which conceal the base 

 of the almost regular corolla. The flowers 

 appear in early summer and vary in colour 

 from sulphur-yellow to citron-yellow, and 

 are shghtly covered with glandular hairs. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. flexuosa (i. brachypoda). — A deci- 

 duous Japanese purple-stemmed climber, 

 with smooth, ovate-oblong acute leaves on 

 short stalks, and ruddy tinged. Flowers 

 in June and July, yellow or purplish, 

 nearly sessile, sweet-scented. This is now 

 regarded as a variety of L. japonica. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. fragrantissima. — A beautiful Chi- 

 nese climber, with oblong ovate acute 

 leaves roimded at the base, nearly smooth 

 and almost evergreen, except in severe 

 winters, when they drop. Flowers in 

 January and February, creamy-white or 

 pale yellow, sweet-scented, nearly 1 in. 

 across, tube short, mouth expanded, ap- 

 pearing before the leaves are developed. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. grata. — A vigorous climber from 

 the New England States, wdth broad, 

 glaucous, almost evergreen leaves. 

 Flowers in May in clusters, whitish with 

 a purple tube fading to yellow, sweet- 

 scented. This plant is now regarded as a 

 form of i. Caprifolium. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. hispida (L. hracteata). — A Hima- 

 layan Honeysuckle 2-3 ft. high, with hairy 

 branches and shortly stalked oblong acute 

 ciliate leaves, I5-2 in. long, smooth on 

 both surfaces. The drooping greenish- 

 white flowers about 1 in. long appear in 

 early summer, in pairs, having large ovate 

 bracts, and are followed in autumn by 

 purple-coloured berries. 



Culture dc. as above. 



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