L O N I C E R A. 



oppofite, ovate. Ftotvirt in whorls, round the ftalk, fmall, 

 of a greenifh colour. Berry hollow and flefhy, containing 

 cartilaginous, roundith feeds. 



L. DlervUla. Yellow-flowered upright Honeyfuckle. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 249. (DiCrvilla; Dill. Gen. App. 154. 

 t. 10. Linn. Hort. Cliff. 63. t. 7.) — Heads of flowers ter- 

 minal. Leaves ferratcd. A native of North America, and 

 firft introduced into Europe by M. Dicrville, a French fur- 

 geon, whofe name it IHU commemorates. It flowers from' 

 May to September. — Stem about three feet high. Bark of 

 a reddifh colour. Leaves oppofite, (lightly ferrated, pointed. 

 Floivers fmall, pale yellow, two or three together at each 

 divifion of the bunch. Berries oval, black, with one hard 

 feed in each cell. They feldom, however, come to maturity 

 in this country. 



LoNicERA, in Gi7r</fnjn^, contains plants of the deciduous, 

 flotvering, flirubby, and evergreen kinds ; of which the 

 fpecies moftly cultivated are, the black-berried upright 

 honeyfuckle (L. nigra) ; the Tartarian upright honey- 

 fuckle (L. Tatarica) ; the fly honeyfuckle (L. xylofteum) ; 

 the Pyrenean upright honeyfuckle (L. Pyrenaica) ; the 

 red-herricd upright honeyfuckle (L. alpigena) ; the blue- 

 berried upright honeyfuckle (L. carulea) ; the (hrubby St. 

 Peter's-wort (L. fymphorirarpos) ; the yellow-flowered 

 upright honeyiuck e (L. dicrvilla) ; the conmon honey- 

 fuckle (L. periclymenum) ; the Italian honeyfuckle (L. 

 caprifolium) ; the trumpet honeyfuckle (L. fempervircns) ; 

 and the evergreen honeyfuckle (L. grata). 



The fecond fort varies in Ihady groves, and other fimilar 

 fituations, with white flowers. 



And the ninth kind has feveral varieties, as the late red, 

 which produces a greater variety of flowers together, than 

 either the Italian or Dutch forts, making a finer appear- 

 ance than either of them during the time of flowering ; but 

 it has not been fo long cultivated as the latter. This vvas 

 formerly termed the Flemifli honeyfuckle. 



There are alfo fometimes varieties with ftriped leaves. 



The Dutch variety may be trained with ftems, and formed 

 into heads, which the wild fort cannot, the branches being 

 too weak a;id trailing for the purpofe. 



And there are two fub-varieties of it, the long iloiuing,znd 

 the /ate red, in which the Hems are ftronger, the leaves, 

 flowers, and heads of berries larger, and the corollas redder 

 than in the woodbine fort ; the oak-leaved variety has finuate 

 leaves, cut like the oak, but fniooth. 



And there is likewife a variety which has variegated 

 leaves. 



The tenth fpecies has a yellow variety, in which the 

 ftioots are much fimilar to it, but the bark darker in colour, 

 the leaves of a deeper green, the flowers of a yellowi(h-red, 

 appearing a little after it, being not of much longer dura- 

 tion, but are fucceeded by red berries, containing one hard 

 feed inclofed in the foft pulp in each, which ripens in the 

 autumn. 



And befides this, fome mention other varieties, fuch as 

 the early red-flowering, the late red-flowering, and the ever- 

 green red-flowering. 



Method of Culture — An increafe in all thefe plants may 

 be effeded either by layers or cuttings, but the latter is the 

 better praftice. The layers fhould be made from the young 

 ihoots, and be laid down in the autumn or early fpring, the 

 draggling tops being removed, when, by the following au- 

 tumn, they will have taken root, and fliould be cut off' from 

 the plants, being either planted where they are to remain, or 

 into a nurfery to be trained for ftandards, by fi.\ing down 

 (lakes to the ftem of each plant, to which the principal 

 ftalk fliould be fattened, all the others being cut off ; train- 



ing each of them to the intended height, when they fhould 

 be fhortcned to force out lateral branches, and thefe be again 

 flopped to prevent their growing too long. By conilantly 

 repeating this as the flioots are produced, they may be 

 formed into a fort of llandard ; but if regard is had to their 

 flowering, they cannot be formed into regular heads, as the 

 conilant fiiortening will deflroy the flower-buds, and prevent 

 the defired effeft. 



In refpeft to the cuttings, they fliould be taken from the 

 flrong flioots of the former fummer, with three or four 

 joints, and be placed in rows in a fliady border, to the depth 

 of two or three of them, a foot apart, and fix inches from 

 plant to plant. When they have taken good root in the au- 

 tumn or fpring following, they may be removed into the 

 nurfery, and be planted out in rows two feet dillant, and 

 a foot afuiider in them, where they may be kept a year or 

 two, till wanted for planting out where they are to re- 

 main. 



The eighth fort may be raifed from fuckers, which it af- 

 fords in plenty, by taking them off, and planting ihem as 

 above in the autumn in a rather moift foil. 



Several of the forts may likewife be increafed by fowing 

 the feed or berry in a bed of light mould in the autumn, to 

 the depth of an inch. The plants rile in the tirft ur fecond 

 fpring ; and afterwards require the fame management as the 

 others. 



In regard to their management afterwards, the only culture 

 which any of them require, is, in the upright forts, to have 

 their llraggling flioots fhortened, and the dead wood cut 

 out ; and thofe trained as climbers, to have their branches 

 conduAed in a proper manner upon tiieir refpcftive fup- 

 ports ; and every year all rambling flioots reduced and 

 trained as may be proper, fo as to preferve them within due 

 limits and order, except where they are defigned to run 

 wild in their own rural way, efpecially thofe intended to 

 climb among the branches of trees, fnrubs, and buflies ; thofe 

 alfo intended to cover arbours and feats, fliould be pruned 

 and trained annually, laying the fhoots along to their length, 

 till they have covered the allotted fpace ; fhorte.-iing or 

 clearing out all fuch llragglers as cannot be properly trained ; 

 alfo fuch of thofe forts as are trained againft walls, &c. mull 

 have an annual pruning and training, by going over them 

 two or three times in fummer, laying in fome of the moil 

 convenient proper flioots, fome at their length, fliortening 

 or retrenching others, as neceflary, to preferve regularity, 

 and the proper fucceflion of flowers ; being careful to train 

 enough, at this time, of fuch as appear neceffary to continue 

 the bloom as long as pofiible ; and in winter pruninu, all 

 thofe left in fummer, which may appear luperfluous or un- 

 neceffary, fhould be turned out, fliortening all fuch as are 

 too long for the fpace allotted for them, efpecially all thofe 

 with weak ftraggling tops, nailiiig in the remaining proper 

 branches and ihoots dole to the wall, or other lupport 

 which they may have. 



They may all be introduced with propriety in plantations, 

 both from the variety of their different growths, and the 

 ornament and fragrance of their flowers ; lliough the flowers 

 of the upright kind are not fo fliowy as thofe of tlie trailers ; 

 but they exhibit an exceedingly agreeable variety. But the 

 trailing fpecies have the greatelt merit, not only 111 their 

 numbers, but fize, elegance, and odour, as well as in their 

 duration. The flirubs of all the forts are, notwithftanding, 

 proper to be introduced in rtirubberies, the upright kinds to 

 intermix as ilandards. The trailing kinds, whofe branches 

 are great ramblers, and, wiihout fupport, trail along the 

 ground, fhould generally be introduced as climbers, having 

 (tout (lakes placed to each of them to climb upon, which 



they 



