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tome grounds or in parks. It is usually classed as a 

 variety of L. Tatarica, and its seedlings follow very closely 

 its habit of growth and leafage, but a part bear yellow and 

 a part red berries. It is much handsomer in flower, leaves, 

 and habit of growth than the old Tatarica. If in early 

 spring some of the upright shoots are cut back the bush as- 

 sumes a symmetric rounded form of top. Lonicera xylo- 

 steum comes next in value for general planting. It is 

 bolder in habit and should be used where the scenery is 

 more rugged. The berries are dark red and shiny. With 

 some needed pruning it is a handsome shrub for any 

 position. 



L. alba grandijlora of Eegel is a marked variety of L. 

 Tatarica, with large white flowers, and the bush is easily 

 kept in desirable form. 



Lonicera Alberti of Kegel, as imported by the writer 

 from Eussia, is a low-growing pendulous species with nar- 

 row, fern-like leaves, handsome pink flowers, and red 

 fruits in autumn. It is specially useful near roads and 

 walks and in prominent positions where a low, pendulous 

 growth is desirable. Bailey follows Jaquin in referring to 

 this as a variety of Lonicera spinosa. But as grown in 

 the West its slender branches are soft and smooth, with no 

 suggestion of rigidity or thorny growth. 



All the species mentioned are hardy over the Northern 

 States. 



338. The Hardy. Soses. — The queen of flowers can 

 boast of a greater number of fine varieties than any orna- 

 mental shrub of the earth. In past as well as present ages 

 it has been the favorite shrub-flower of Asia, Europe, the 

 islands of the ocean, and the western continent. 



The finest commercial varieties have been developed in 

 relatively mild climates of the two continents. Hence of 

 the old favorites we have few varieties that endure the 



