given, in the Kdinburgh Philosophical Journal, of some of 
the new and rare plants which he found in his travels through 
Canada in the year 1819; and now that I have had the op- 
portunity of seeing living individuals cultivated in the garden 
of Mr SMITH, nurseryman at Ayr, I feel more than ever sa- 
tisfied, that the present species is distinct from every Caprifo- 
iwm of which a figure or description has hitherto been publish- 
ed. Its nearest affinity appears to be with the Lonicera flava 
of Botanical Magazine, t. 1318. (Caprifolium Fraseri, Pursn), 
but it were hardly possible that so striking a circumstance as 
the glandular pubescence of the germen and corolla, and that 
of the ciliation and pubescence of the leaves, should have been 
overlooked by these authors, had such marks existed in their 
plant; added to which, the cartilaginous margins which form 
one of the essential characters in C. Frascri, are wholly want- 
ing here. That species also appears to have been found only 
upon the Paris Mountains, South Carolina, and the Kaatskill — 
Mountains, near New York. The Lonicera dioica of Bota- 
nical Register, t. 138. (Caprifolium parviflorum, Purs), has 
its upper leaves of a similar form, and the flowers sometimes 
yellow; but here, again, appears no pubescence or glands, the 
flowers are smaller, and of a different — and all the leaves 
are connato-perfoliate. _ 
Mr Go.pIe discovered this woodbine in pods near King- 
ston, and near Lake Simcoe, in Upper Canada, flowering in 
July. Living plants of it, which he brought to the nursery- 
ground of Mr Smrru at Monkswood Grove, Ayr, flourish well ; 
and as they, flower in June and July, as readily and in equal 
- profusion with our British honeysuckles, there can be no doubt 
that this beautiful and desirable species will soon become com- 
mon in our gardens, particularly as the blossoms, in addition 
to their fine golden hue, have an agreeable scent to recom- 
mend them. 
Fig. 1. Lower petiolated leaf. Fig. 2. Flower, with its bractea. Fig. 3. sta- 
men. Fig. 4. Germen and calyx.—All but Fig. 1. more or less magnified. 
