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PB ACTIO AL GUIDi: TO GABDEN PLANTS 



LONICEEA 



L. implexa (L. halea/rica). — A native 

 of the Balearic Isles, Sicily &c., with 

 roundish evergreen leaves. The flowers 

 are purple outside and yellow vidthin, and 

 assume a deeper yellow tinge with age. 



Culture dc. as above. This is rather 

 too tender for northern parts of the king- 

 dom, and even in good localities it cannot 

 be regarded as a vigorous grower. 



L. japonica {h. chinensis). — A slender 

 hairy Japanese and Chinese climber with 

 stalked, ovate-acute, hairy leaves, pale 

 beneath. Flowers from July to Septem- 

 ber, about 1 in. long, red, hairy outside, 

 white within, sweet-scented, in pairs at 

 the tips of the young shoots. The variety 

 aureo-reticiilata\s anelegant climber with 

 more or lees elliptic leaves beautifully 

 netted with golden yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. Kesselringi. — A dwarf and much- 

 branched shrub, native of Kamtschatka. 

 Leaves more or less elliptic lance-shaped, 

 green above, grey beneath. The flowers 

 appear in pairs in the leaf axils, and are 

 red outside, red and white inside, with a 

 bearded throat. 



Culture dec. as above. 



L. Korolkowi (L. florihunda). — A 

 native of Turkestan with small grey-green 

 ovate leaves and numerous pale rose- 

 coloured blossoms borne on short twigs. 

 There seems to be another plant under 

 this name having yellowish-white flowers 

 and orange-red fruits. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. Maacki. — A rather pretty Man- 

 churian shrub with oblong acute leaves, 

 and almost stalkless white flowers pro- 

 duced in the leaf axils in early summer. 

 The corolla is less than an inch in length, 

 and is 2-lipped, the lower lip being shortly 

 4-lobed. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. Morrowi. — ^A handsome Japanese 

 Honeysuckle resembling L. ruprechtiana, 

 from which it differs in having smaller and 

 paler green leaves. It makes a fine bush, 

 and is very ornamental when oovelred with 

 its showy red berries. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. Peridymenura {Woodbine or 

 Honeysuckle). — A native of British 

 hedges and copses, with climbing twisted 

 branches. Leaves deciduous, 1-3 in. 

 long, ovate or oblong, glaucous beneath, 

 lower onea shortly stalked, upper ones 



sessile. Flowers from June to September, 

 1-lA in. across, glandular downy, dirty 

 red outside, yellow inside. Berries round, 

 crimson. The variety serotina, known as 

 the ' Late Dutch Honeysuckle,' produces 

 its deeper red flowers in autumn. Belgica, 

 known simply as the ' Dutch Honey- 

 suckle,' is a stronger-growing plant than 

 the type, and has flowers red outside, 

 yellow within. QuercifoUa, the ' Oak- 

 leaved Honeysuckle,' has leaves sinuated 

 like those of an Oak. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



L. quinquelocularis (i. diversifoUa). 

 A Himalayan species with elliptic or ovate 

 leaves, downy beneath, and ciliate on the 

 margins. The yellowish flowers appear 

 in summer and are succeeded by white 

 berries. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. ruprechtiana. — A distinct and hand- 

 some Honeysuckle, native of Manchuria. 

 The leaves are pale green, somewhat 

 downy beneath. The clusters of pale 

 yellow flowers tinged with rose are borne 

 in great abundance in early summer, 

 and are in due course succeeded by bright 

 scarlet translucent berries on gracefully 

 arching stems. There are several varia- 

 tions of this species, the chief difference 

 being the depth of the colouring in the 

 flowers. 



Ciiltnrc dc. as above. 



L. sempervirens {Trumpet Honey - 

 sucl-le). — A beautiful North American 

 evergreen climber with obovate or ovate 

 smooth leaves, glaucous beneath ; upper 

 ones united at the base. Flowers in 

 spring and summer, about 1 in. long, 

 beautiful scarlet outside, yellow within. 

 There is a variety called minor with 

 smaller blossoms. 



Unfortunately this species is not 

 perfectly hardy in all parts of the countrys 

 hence its presence in cool greenhouses. 

 It grows well in southern parts, but in 

 other places requires the protection of a 

 sunny south wall. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. Standishi. — This Chinese climber 

 is closely related to L. fraqrantisaima. 

 It has ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves, fringed at the edges, and with 

 hairy flower stalks. Flowers early in the 

 year, white tinted with purple, sweet- 

 scented. This is often confused with 

 L. fragraniissinia, but it is a purelj' deci- 



