Coniccra pcruitinifiuini. Natural Order: Caftrifolicicece—Honeysuckle Family. 
the numerous varieties of this beautiful climbing shrub, the 
one called periclymenum, or Woodbine, is perhaps the most 
common. The name is ‘‘derived from the German naturalist 
Adam Lonicer, or Lonitzer. Its delicate flowers are so laden 
Rp2? with sweets that they attract that little opalescent jewel of a 
humming-bird more frequently from his hiding-place than anv 
other blossom, over which it floats like the spirit of another and more 
gorgeous flower. For a number of years there have been several 
very desirable imported plants of this species in cultivation. The Tar¬ 
tarian is from Russia, having either delicate purple or white flowers; 
the Lonicera Japonica, a tribute from China, has yellow blossoms; and 
able to vie with either is our own Coral Honeysuckle — bright, brilliant 
and fragrant. 
Bunfrs oF Juunj + 
TT7HOSE heart is at rest, he alone is a lover: 
* * The winters shall change not, the storms leave unshaken, 
Whose love shall endure, though all blossoms be taken, 
Whose love shall endure when earth’s durance is over, 
Whose love shall enfold, though the world have forsaken. 
OEE the honeysuckle twine 
^ Round this casement; — ’tis a shrine 
Where the heart doth incense give, 
Aud the pure affections live 
In the mother’s gentle breast 
By her smiling infant press’d. 
— Countess of Blesshigton. 
—Edviard Ellis. 
T)ECAUSE of this, via belle , 
Thou knowest how richly well 
My worship till death’s ending serves and sues thee. 
Thou knowest, because of this, 
To have thee means all bliss, 
All anguish were to miss, to mourn, to lose thee! 
— Edgar Favjcett. 
O TILL I’m thy captive, yet mv thoughts are free; 
To be love’s bondsman is true libertv. 
— Marston. 
T 
HE humming-bird, with busy wing, 
In rainbow beauty moves, 
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Above the trumpet-blossom floats, 
And sips the tube he loves. 
—Caroline Gilman. 
