TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE 



Lonicera sempervirens Linnaeus 



While tramping through open woods or along streams in low 

 ground, the attention may be attracted to a bit of red color quite in con- 

 trast to the brown leaves and gray tree trunks or low-growing bushes. 

 Closer inspection reveals the gray stems that lead to the leafy shoots 

 above, where the delicate trumpet-shaped flowers are clustered at the 

 ends of the branches. Few vines are more attractive; the plant seems 

 to poise itself in the most graceful way as it climbs from one support- 

 ing shrub to another. 



The flower is a great favorite with humming birds, which fre- 

 quently are seen probing the trumpets to obtain the delicious nectar 

 to be found in them. 



The fruit is a brilliant scarlet berry. The plant is a great addition 

 to any wild garden. 



Trumpet honeysuckle ranges from Texas to Florida, and north- 

 ward to Nebraska, its northern limit being reached in New York 

 and southern New England. 



The specimen sketched was collected at Yemassee, South Carolina. 



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