LONrCERA OBLONGIFO'LIA. 
OBLONG-LEAVED HONEYSUCKLE. 
Class, Order. 
PKNTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
caprifoliacea;. 
Native of Height, 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America 6 feet. 
April, May. 
Perennial. 
in 1823. 
No. 894. 
Adam Lonicer, after whom the name Lonicera 
was adopted, was a celebrated German naturalist. 
A fair correspondent asks ^ why have not the 
Honeysuckles a place amongst the beauties of the 
Botanic Garden ? ’ certainly, we reply, not from 
their want of valuable properties as garden orna- 
ments; they have waited for admission, with a crowd 
of others, all of which present their pressing 
claims. Some have preference as foreign poten- 
tates, some as unknown strangers, some for their 
simple beauty. All are acceptable, and shall have 
attention. 
The genus Lonicera has been, by some authors, 
divided into two — Lonicera and Caprifolium; the 
Xylosteum too, of Tourneforte, belonged to Loni- 
cera. These divisions are unnecessary, inasmuch as 
the genus is small, and the distinctions unimportant. 
Lonicera oblongifolia is less showy than some 
others of the genus, and usually a shorter plant, 
therefore should be planted near to the outside of 
the shrubbery. The most easy method of increas- 
ing it, is by layering it in spring, when it will 
readily root, and young plants be obtained. 
