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tree, bearing large ciip-sliaped yellow flowers, delicately scented. 

 The foliage assumes a lovely colour in Autumn. 



Lobelia radicans. — An herbaceous perennial trailing plant from the East, 

 with pale violet flowers, having a pleasant Almond-like fragrance. 



Lonicera {Ca'prijoUs or Honey sucJde family). — A group of shrubs 

 or herbs, often twining ; natives of the temperate zone throughout 

 the Northern Hemisphere. The common representative of the family 

 is a very familiar British hedgerow plant, the flowers of which have 

 always been held in the highest esteem for ages, on account of their 

 modest colour and delicate fragrance, which perfumes the air to a 

 great distance morning and evening. Xo flowers — not even the 

 Violet — ^possess such a delightful odour as those of the Honej'suckle. 

 To this must be attributed the affection which ]3oets and prose 

 writers have manifested towards it from the earliest ages to the 

 present time. Another common name by which it is known is the 

 Woodbine, because it winds itself as it were in wedlock to every 

 tree and shrub growing near, and which it graces by its well 

 attired branches in retm^n for the support it borrows ; from hence 

 it is styled * The Bond of Love.' 



' The "Woodbines mix in am'rous play, 

 And breathe their fragrant leaves away.' 



This climbing plant always turns from east to west, and so firmly 

 does it embrace its sui3X3orter that we often see young trees and 

 branches indented like a screw by the pressure. 



'By rustic seat or garden bower, 

 There 's not a leaf, or shrub, or flower. 

 Blossoms on bush so sweet as thee, 

 Lowly but fragrant Honey tree.'— Mott. 



Apart from poetry and romance, the common Honej'suckle is 

 really a delightful plant to grow in our gardens. In saying so 

 much, however, we must not forget to add that it delights in pure 

 fresh air, such as it gets in its native hedgerows, and therefore 

 cannot be induced to make itself at home in the town garden. In 

 the distant suburbs or in the country it will invariably thrive 

 luxuriantly, twining its stems affectionately roimd a porch, or 

 arbour, or tree stump, and yielding its sweetly scented blossom in 

 abundance during summer and autumn, and the perfume of the 

 Honeysuckle is of a most agreeal)le kind. 



' And now into the fields I go 

 Where thousand flaming flowers grow. 

 And every neighbouring hedge I greet 

 With Honeysuckle smelling sweet.'— Dyer. 



There are several varieties of the Honeysuckle which are grown in 



