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part of the winter. The variety named Brownii, in 
which the flowers are of a brighter hue, is one of the 
best. 
L. flava, Yellow Honeysuckle, is another of our na¬ 
tive species common West and South. Its flowers are 
large and fragrant; its foliage resembles the foregoing. 
L. grata is the well-known American Woodbine ; its 
flowers are whitish with a yellow tube; quite fragrant. 
L. flexuosa, a handsome Japanese species, with long, 
lanceolate leaves, hairy and purplish below when 
young. Flowers pink and yellow, borne in pairs, very 
fragrant, appearing from July to September. One of 
the best of the Eastern species. 
L. periclymonum. The English Woodbine. This spe¬ 
cies is remarkable for the profusion and fragrance of its 
flowers, but they lack brilliancy of color to make the 
species a popular one. 
Li brachypoda. One of the best of the Evergreen 
species ; a native of China and Japan. It has oval or 
oblong shining leaves, and pale-yellow, sweet-scented 
flowers, borne in pairs. Unlike the common Honey¬ 
suckle, its flowering is of long duration, commencing in 
June, in its greatest, and continuing sparingly until 
November. Of this species there are a number of vari¬ 
eties, the best of which is L. brachypoda Holli, a variety 
of rapid growth, and of the most free-flowering habit; 
its flowers are nearly white, and deliciously fragrant. 
The variegated-leaved variety, Aureo-reticulata, is a 
charming variety for covering trellises or verandas ; it 
is a rapid grower, and will adapt itself to almost any 
situation, either in sun or shade. The foliage is beauti¬ 
fully netted or variegated with yellow, with a mixture of 
red towards autumn. It is a shy bloomer, flowers 
white and not so fragrant as are those of many of the 
other species ; the loss is, however, more than made up 
by the beauty of the leaves. In the arrangement of 
loose flowers a few sprays of this Honeysuckle adds a 
charm that cannot be given by any other foliage. 
Our space will not permit notice of many other 
desirable varieties. There are more than eighty species 
in the temperate and warm regions of the North, and 
many of them parents of a large number of varieties. 
The genus was named in honor of the German botanist 
Lonicer. There is a great confusion in the nomencla¬ 
ture of the Japanese and Chinese Honeysuckles, arising 
probably from the fact that many of them are garden 
varieties. All the species are rapidly increased by cut¬ 
tings or from layers. 
NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
January Meeting. 
But little was expected at this meeting, as there were 
no premiums offered or other effort made to bring out 
exhibits, consequently the display was small, and owing 
to the most disagreeable storm of the season the num¬ 
ber of visitors was correspondingly small. Those who 
came, however, had no reason to regret the effort made 
to see what there was to be seen, for they were amply 
repaid. We have never seen finer Orchids on exhibition 
than Geo. Such sent, in spite of the cold and storm, 
prominent among which were three spikes of Calanthe 
Veitchii, heavily laden with their rich rose-colored 
flowers. A pot of DendrobiumWardianum, with six fine 
spikes of bloom, some of them nearly two feet in length, 
and well furnished with remarkably large and fine 
flowers. A large number of blooms of Lycaste Skin- 
neri, Cattleya in variety, Ada Aurantiaca, Angrcecum 
sesquipedale, Lcelia in variety, and some fine Phalce- 
nopsis, were noticeable. 
Wm. H. Clements had some remarkably fine speci¬ 
mens, mostly of the above-named varieties, from Mrs. 
Morgan’s rare collection, all in fine condition. 
John Egan, gardener to Mr. Hyde, of Babylon, Long 
Island, exhibited some immense spikes of Mignonette, 
and remarkably fine Roses, Cook’s Perle des Jardins, 
and without exception the finest blooms of La 
France we have ever seen exhibited in the winter- 
season. 
Mr. Gardener showed some remarkably fine hybrid 
Amaryllis, one of which was pure white outside and 
crimson and white in the interior; also some well- 
grown Cucumbers, Carrots, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, 
Figs, Asparagus and Radishes. 
John Taylor, Esq., of Bayside, L. I., showed remark¬ 
ably fine Mermet and Cook Roses, the latter equal to 
any we have ever seen staged. Equally fine were C. C. 
Moore’s Mermet Roses. 
W. F. Gay, of Madison, N. J., exhibited Mermet, 
Cook, Perle des Jardin, and Souvenir d’un Aimee Roses, 
all large, and of good color. 
Messrs. Hallock & Thorpe exhibited, for the first 
time, several plants of the Impatiens Sultani. This 
plant was named in compliment to the Sultan of Zanzi¬ 
bar, from which country the seeds were sent to Kew 
Gardens, London. It promises to be not only a fine 
garden plant, but one of the very best plants for the 
window-garden, as a warm, dry situation seems to be 
the one in which it delights. It produces its rich Mag¬ 
enta flowers in the greatest profusion, apparently, at all 
seasons. The fact of its being a good winter-flowering 
plant, is sufficient in itself to warrant its extensive cul¬ 
tivation. This firm also exhibited new seedling Gerani¬ 
ums and Carnations; in fact there is never an exhibition 
of the Society where theie is not to been seen some of 
their seedlings worthy of mention. 
Louis Compondon showed two bunches of well- 
ripened Barbarossa Grapes, weighing eight pounds. 
C. E. Parnell, Esq., of Queens, exhibited a fine collec¬ 
tion of miscellaneous cut flowers. 
“Noiseless falls the foot of Time, that only treads 
on flowers.”— W. R. Spencer. 
Let a man learn that everything in Nature, even 
motes and feathers, goes by law and not by luck, and 
that what lie sows he reaps.— Emerson. 
I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who 
had never been imposed upon. — Hare. 
Do you ever look at yourself when you abuse another 
person ?— Plautus. 
He repents on thorns that sleeps on beds of roses. 
