VINES AND CLIMBING PLANTS. 
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The Woodbine ( Lonicera periclymenum) has separate, 
opposite leaves, and buff-colored or paler yellow and red 
blossoms. There is a variety, the common monthly 
Woodbine, which produces its flowers all summer, and is 
much the most valuable plant. Another ( L . p. belgicum), 
the Dutch Honeysuckle, blossoms quite early in spring; 
and a third ( L . p. quercifolium) has leaves shaped like 
those of the oak tree. 
The finest of our native sorts are the Red and Yellow 
trumpet Honeysuckle (L. sempervirens and L. jlava), 
which have the terminal leaves on each branch joined 
together 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 numerous 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-colored flowers. It is a very 
luxuriant plant in its habit, and a very distinct species to 
the eye. All these native sorts have but very slight 
fragrance. 
The Chinese twining Honeysuckle ( L . fiexuosa) is 
certainly 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 colored, and is also sub-ever- 
green, 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 yellow within. It grows 
