The Shrubs of North Carolina 19 



odor may be perceived at a great distance; this being the most 

 powerfully fragrant of our Honeysuckles. For cultivation this 

 will rank next in beauty to the Yellow Honeysuckle. 



2. Clammy Honeysuckle. (A. viscosa, Linn.) — Very com- 

 mon through the State, 2 to 6 or 8 feet high, the branchlets 

 bristly, and the flowers covered with clammy hairs. The flowers 

 are white or flesh-colored and very fragrant. In this and No. 1 

 the flowers appear after the leaves have expanded. In the next 

 two species they appear before or with the leaves. 



A variety of this (var: glauca) occurs with paler and rougher 

 leaves, their underside covered with a white bloom. 



3. Purple Honeysuckle. (A. nudiflora, Linn.) — Very com- 

 mon in great varieties of soil through the State, 2 to 6 feet high, 

 but usually very small in poor dry soils.- The flowers vary from 

 a flesh-color to pink or purple, and are sometimes quite white. 

 They are destitute of fragrance. 



4. Yellow Honeysuckle. (A. calendulacea, Michx.) — This 

 is found only at a considerable elevation on our mountains, where 

 it is abundant and well known by the name here given. It is com- 

 monly from 3 to 6 feet high, and varies very much in the color of 

 its flowers, but most frequently they are some shade of yellow. 

 Bartram, in his "Travels," calls this the Fiery Azalea, and says : 

 "This epithet Fiery I annex to this most celebrated species of 

 Azalea, as being expressive of the appearance of its flowers, 

 which are in general of the color of the finest red lead, orange 

 and bright gold, as well as yellow and cream color. These 

 various splendid colors are not only in separate plants, but fre- 

 quently all the varieties and shades are seen in separate branches 

 on the same plant, and the clusters of blossoms cover the shrubs 

 in such incredible profusion on the hillsides, that suddenly open- 

 ing to view from dark shades, we are alarmed with the appre- 

 hension of the woods being set on fire. This is certainly the most 

 gay and brilliant flowering shrub yet known." 



1. Ivy. (Kalmia latifolia, Linn.) — A beautiful shrub known 

 from New England to Georgia, either by the above name, or as 

 Laurel, Mountain Laurel and Calico Bush. In this State it is 

 known under the first and last names, the first being most in use. 

 It is most abundant in the mountains, but is found along streams 

 and on rocky hills of the Middle District, extending somewhat 

 into the Lower, even into the Dismal Swamp. This, in combi- 

 nation with the Laurel, which often accompanies it and blossoms 

 at the same time, presents a scene of floral beauty rarely equaled 

 in this country. Like the Laurel, this is an evergreen, and forms 

 also impenetrable thickets, but its leaves are shining, much 

 darker and smaller. It is 10 to 15 and even 20 feet hierh. 



