TOWSON, MARYLAND ■ jbeciduouA Shrub 



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LONICERA • Bush Honeysuckle 



Bush Honeysuckles are unusually decorative and ornamental. They are easy to cul- 

 tivate, quite hardy and produce small flowers of delicate color and fragrance in great pro- 

 fusion. The flowers are followed by attractive small fruits of red, scarlet, and crimson. 

 They never become coarse or weedy; are valuable when used in a low screen or hedge and 

 several of them planted close to the house will make their presence known by the refresh- 

 ingly sweet scent of their showy blossoms. 



LONICERA fragrantissima (Winter Honey- 

 suckle). Wide spreading, bearing fragrant, creamy 

 white flowers from March to May. Red berries fol- 

 low the blossoms. An invaluable shrub for mass 

 planting or hedges. 



L. korolkowi floribunda (Broad Blueleaf Honey- 

 suckle). Handsome, growing about 12 feet in 

 height bearing broad, blue-green leaves and beautiful 

 rose colored flowers in May, followed by bright red 

 fruits. 



L. morrowi (Morrow Honeysuckle ) . A grand 

 shrub of medium height with wide spreading 

 branches and dark green leaves. Bears white flowers 

 in May, which change to yellow in June, and later to 

 bright red fruit. Very distinct in habit and handsome 

 in flower and fruit. 



L. ruprechtiana (Manchurian Honeysuckle) . 



Tall growing, often reaches 12 feet, bears white 

 flowers and blood red fruit. Very beautiful and 

 effective when used in the screen planting. 



L. standishi (Standish Honeysuckle) . A hand- 

 some, half-evergreen shrub with spreading branches 

 and bearing slightly blushed flowers of exquisite 

 fragrance in March and April. In June the plants 



are covered with scarlet, pea-sized fruits. One of the 

 best of all the Bush Honeysuckles. 



L. syringantha wolfi (Wolf Honeysuckle) . Very 

 graceful, producing fragrant, rosy lilac flowers very 

 profusely in May and June. In appearance and 

 fragrance very much like the Persian Lilac. 



L. tatarica (Tartarian Honeysuckle) . The most 

 fragrant of all the early summer shrubs. Grows 

 about 8 feet tall. Produces an abundant crop of 

 crimson flowers and fruit. 



L. tatarica alba (White Tatarican Honeysuckle ) . 



A plant similar to the Tatarian Honeysuckle except- 

 ing it bears white flowers and bright red fruit. 



L. tatarica latifolia (Splendens) (Great Tata- 

 rian Honeysuckle ) . A large shrub with attractive 

 long foliage and beautiful pink flowers in May. 



LYCIUM chinense (Chinese Matrimony Vine). 



Vigorous, with long slender branches and bright ovate 

 leaves. Bears purple flowers in the late summer, 

 followed by a profusion of bright red fruits making 

 it one of the best of the deciduous shrubs for autumn 

 effect. Well adapted for covering fences or arbors. 

 Most beautiful when the branches hang gracefully 

 from rocks or from the tops of walls. 



There's eier w much more satisfaction in saying "Let's go out on the lawn*' than "Let's go out in the back 

 yard." It is easy to haic attractive grounds, such as shown above, by arranging your planting program on a 



budget plan. 



