. 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. 973. L. hispidula. quite other. 974. L. hispidula. A very rare species, different from all the honeysuckles. Tn common soil it can scarcely be kept alive; but in peat and loam it grows as readily as any other hardy American plant. -i 10. L. graVa Ait. The pleasant, oT-etiergreCTi, Honeys
. 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. 973. L. hispidula. quite other. 974. L. hispidula. A very rare species, different from all the honeysuckles. Tn common soil it can scarcely be kept alive; but in peat and loam it grows as readily as any other hardy American plant. -i 10. L. graVa Ait. The pleasant, oT-etiergreCTi, Honeysuckle. AH. Hort. Kew., I. d. 231.; Dec. Prod. 4. p. 332.; Don's SHU., 3. p. 446. Caprifblium gritum P'ursA Sept. 1, p. 161.; L. virginiina Marsh Arb. 136.; ?/*eii- TdentJfication. Syniniymes. cl^menum americaiium Mill. Diet. No. 7.'; CapVifoUo sempreverde, Ital. Engravings. Hort. Angl., p. 16. No. 10. t. 8.; and ourJ^. 976. Spec. Cliar., ^c. Leaves permanent, obovate, rather mucronate, glaucous beneath, and reticulately veined, glabrous ; upper ones connately perfoliate. Spikes composed of approximate whorls of flowers. Corollas ringent. Branches reddish brown. Flowers inclining to scarlet on the outside, accord- ing to Pursh. Corolla ringent, reddish on the outside, and yellow inside. Berries red. {Don's Mill.) A sub-evergeen twining shrub. Carolina to New York, on the mountains, rambling among rocks, in shady moist situations, but rare. Stems 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introtl. 1730. Flowers yellow, red, and white; June or July to Sep- tember, and sometimes till the commencement of frost. Fruit red ; ripe in September. The plant is of vigorous growth, with woody stems, and will live longer than most of the other species. It is inferior in vigour only to L. japonica, the Caprifolium flexuosum of the nurseries. B. Litnb of Corolla nearly equal. —Vericlymenum Tourn. -4 11. L. sempervi'ebns Ait. The evergreen Trumpet Honeysuckle. Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 230.; Dec. Prod., 4
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