39648. LOBELIA ROSEA. 



From G. H. Cave, Darjeeling, Ii Jia. 

 An alternate leaved herb ^ to 12 feet 

 high with suberect, short branches 

 drooping at the tips; very narrow 

 leaves about 6 inches long, and spikes 

 of rose colored or white flowers 3-4- 

 inch across. Native of sub-tropical 

 Himalaya from Kumaon to Bhotan 

 and the Khasia Hills at altitudes of 

 4,000 feet. Found also in North Ben- 

 gal and Assam. 



40186. LONICERA DEFLEXI- 

 CALYX. Honeysuckle. From the 

 Director of the Royal Botanical Gar- 

 dens, Kew, England. Strikingly 

 beautiful deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 feet 

 high, of spreading habit. Branchlets 

 drooping. Produces a great abund- 

 ance of yellow twin flowers, 5-8 inch 

 long, in May and June, displaj^ed to 

 good advantage on the upper side of 

 the long feathery branches. Fruits 

 orange-red. Native of China. 



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. 



