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Their ftalks are ornamented with flowers fo early as 
anuary, when the air is perfumed with their agreea- 
le odours. ‘They remain a long time in bloffom, 
and are much adorned with the beauty of their fruit- 
age. ‘Ihe only mode of propagating them, is by fow- 
ing their feeds in March. ‘Chis plant may be profit- 
ably introduced into parterres, asa flow flower, or 
_ in wildernefs works, for its delightful bloffoms. But 
they are adapted chiefly for a winter garden, 
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HONEYSUCKLE 
I S a fhrub, which fhoots forth feveral branches, that 
expand on every fide, and fupport themfelves by, 
_ twining round whatever is within their reach. At 
the knots of the branches, the leaves grow in pairs, 
oppofite each other, at equal diftances: They are 
* fott, broad, pointed, green without, and white within. 
At the end of the branches the flowers grow, in the 
form of pipes, bending in a manner fomewhat fimilar 
toacrown. ‘The peculiar.form of the leaf, an agree- 
able diverfity of colour, and the aromatic odor it dif- 
penfes around the gardens it decorates, render the 
honeyfuckle one,of the moft defirable appendages te 
every fpot where the bounties of Flora are collected 
for human delight. 
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