. 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. creeping, throwing up suckers. (Don's Mill.) A bushy shrub. Carolina, New England, and Newfoundland, on rocks and the highest mountains. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1739. Flowers yellow J June and July. Fruit brown ; ripe in 961. ^nsiB. 96S. D. canod^nalB, Ther
. 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. creeping, throwing up suckers. (Don's Mill.) A bushy shrub. Carolina, New England, and Newfoundland, on rocks and the highest mountains. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1739. Flowers yellow J June and July. Fruit brown ; ripe in 961. ^nsiB. 96S. D. canod^nalB, There are a number of varieties of this species, differing in respect to the size of the flowers and of the leaves, but they are not worth keeping distinct. Genus IV. LONrCEEil .Oesf. The Lonicera, or Honeysuckle. Lin. Si/st. Pentandria Monogynia. Identifitatian. Desf. Fl. Atl., 1. p. 183. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. St/nunymes. Lonicerd sp. Lm., and many authors ; CaprifiMium and Xyh'jsteum Juss. Gen, p. 212.; Xylosteum, Caprif6Uum, Chama:cerasus, /'ericl^menum Tourn. hist. t. 378. and 379.; Caprifftlium and Lonicera Roem. et Schult. Syst.; Lonicera and Xyldsteum Torrcy Fl. Un. Chdvre. feuille, Fr.; Geissblatt, Honeigblume, and Lonicere, Ger. Derivation. Named after j4ctnm LoniceVj a German, who was born in 1628, and died in ISiSS. There was another Lonicer, John, who wrote comments on Dioscorides. Gen. Char. Calyx tube 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, campanulate, or funnel- shaped, with a 5-cleft, usually irregular, limb. Stamens 5. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. Seriies 3-celled. Seeds crustaceous. (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, opposite, stipulate, deciduous, or evergreen; sometimes connate, entire, occasionally runcinate in the same species, flowers ax- illary, or capitate, variously disposed. — Shrubs, erect or twining; natives of Europe, the North of Africa, Asia, and America. The greater number of the species and varieties are of easy culture in Bri
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