VINES AND CLIMBING PLANTS. 
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The finest of our native sorts are the Red and Yellow 
trumpet Honeysuckles, ( L . semper virens and L . flava : ) 
which have the terminal leaves on each branch, joined to- 
gether at the base, or perfoliate, making a single leaf. They 
blossom in the greatest profusion during the whole summer 
and autumn, and their rich blossom-tubes, sprinkled in nu- 
merous clusters over the exterior of the foliage, as well as an 
abundance of scarlet berries in autumn, entitle them to high 
regard. There is also a very strong and vigorous species, 
called the Orange pubescent Honeysuckle, (L. pubescens ,) 
with large, hairy, ciliate leaves, and fine large tawny or 
orange-coloured flowers. It is a very luxuriant plant in its 
habit, and a very distinct species to the eye. All these na- 
tive sorts have but very slight fragrance. 
The Chinese twining Honeysuckle, ( L . jlexuosa ,) is cer- 
tainly one of the finest of the genus. In the form of the leaf 
it much resembles the common Woodbine; but the foliage 
is much darker coloured, and is also sub-evergreen, hanging 
on half the winter, and in sheltered spots, even till spring. It 
blossoms when the plant is old, several times during the 
summer, bearing an abundance of beautiful flowers, open at 
the mouth, red outside, and striped with red, white, or yel- 
low within. It grows remarkably fast, climbing to the very 
summit of trees in a short time ; and the flowers, which first 
appear in June, are deliciously fragrant. In all its varieties 
the Honeysuckle is a charming plant, either to adorn the 
porch of the cottage, the latticed bower of the garden, to both 
of which spots they are especially dedicated ; or to climb the 
stems of the old forest tree, where — 
u With clasping tendrils it infests the branch 
Else unadorn’d with many a gay festoon. 
And fragrant chaplet ; recompensing well 
The strength it borrows with the grace it lends.” 
