THE WOODBINE. 
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THE WOODBINE OR HONEYSUCKLE. 
LONICERA PERICLYMENUM. 
“ So doth the woodbine, the sweet honeysuckle, 
Gently entwist the maple.” 
With this triumphant quotation Sir J. E. Smith would 
seem desirous to silence all those who aver Shakspeare 
has committed a somewhat similar error to that of his 
brother bard, who designates the Honeysuckle the 
“ twisted Eglantine.” I must reluctantly admit, that 
in many editions of Shakspeare those conclusive words 
“ the maple” are not added; if, however, they be found 
in any, it is sufficient to vindicate the poet, who, one 
would wish to believe, was acquainted 
“ With every star the heaven doth show, 
And every flower that sips the dew.” 
One is also glad to observe that Milton redeems the 
error which has called forth so much criticism, by giving 
this sweet plant, in Comus, its proper appellation: 
“ I sat me down to watch upon a bank 
With ivy canopied and interwove, 
And flaunting honeysuckle.” 
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