. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XL. CAPRIFOLIA CE^ : LONl'CEK-ii. 527 Derivation. From caper^ & goat, and folium, a leaf; in reference to the climbinR; habit of the species ; or, as appears much more probable, because goats are fond of browsing on its leaves. Sect. Char. Berries solitary, while young 3-celled, but
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XL. CAPRIFOLIA CE^ : LONl'CEK-ii. 527 Derivation. From caper^ & goat, and folium, a leaf; in reference to the climbinR; habit of the species ; or, as appears much more probable, because goats are fond of browsing on its leaves. Sect. Char. Berries solitary, while young 3-celled, but when mature usually 1-celled, crowned by the tube of the calyx, which is permanent. Flowers disposed in capitate whorls. Twining shrubs, mostly deciduous ; natives of Europe, the North of Africa, China, Nepal, and North America; all of easy culture, and tolerably hardy, but none of them of long duration. A. Flowers ringent. — Caprijolium Tourn. Inst., p. 608. ^ l.'L. 'menum L. The Woodbine, or common Honei/suckle. Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 247.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. j Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. Synonymes. Periclj'meuum Ger. Emac. p. 891.; Pericl^menum germ^nicum Riv. Man. Irr. ; P. hortense Gesn. Icon. Pict. fasc. 1. 38. t. 7. f. 49. ; Caprifblium Pericljmenum Bwm. et Schult. 5. p. 262. ; Caprifdlium sylvfeticum La?n. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 36.').; Capril<)lium Baii Syn. p. 458.; Woodbind; Ch&vrefeoille des Bois, Fr.; wildes gemeines Geissblatt, Ger.; gewoone Kamper- foelie, Dutch ; Madre Selva, Ital. and Span. Derivation. Pericljmenum, from peri, round about, and kulio, to roll. Woodbine is a corruption of woodbind, and both allude to the habit of the common sort, of winding itself round every tree and shrub within its reach, and binding them together. In tlie time of Chaucer, the woodbine was considered as the emblem of true love, from this property. The name of Honeysuckle has reference to the fondness of children for this plant, who amuse themselves with dra
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