LONICERA MAACKII. Honey- 

 suckle. A beautiful, rapid-growing, 

 flowering shrub, attaining a height of 

 ten feet, with spreading branches, 

 ovate-elliptic leaves, in the axils of 

 which are borne clusters of trumpet- 

 shaped flowers, white on first opening, 

 rapidly turning yellow. 



37644. LONICERA RU- 

 PRECHTIANA. Honeysuckle. From 

 Director, Botanic Garden, Petrograd, 

 Russia. Twelve-foot high shrub with 

 dark green foliage and pure white 

 flowers on long flower stalks. Fruits 

 red or yellow. Hybridizes easily with 

 Lonicera tatarica and because of the 

 rarity of the pure species and its un- 

 I sual hardiness, recommended to ex- 

 jerimenters in the northwest. 



36748. LONICERA SP. 



Honeysuckle. From Frank N. Meyer, 

 Hsiao Wu tai shan, China. A bush- 

 I.oneysuckle, of large growth and de- 

 cidedly ornamental habits. Leaves are 

 large, dark green, and set off beauti- 

 fully the bright red berries borne in 

 pairs on long, erect peduncles. This 

 species is valuable as an ornamental 

 shrub in the cooler sections of the 

 United States. 



