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HONEYSUCKLE (Mid. Eng., honysocle, i.e. any plant from which honey may be sucked,—cf. A.-S. huni-suge, privet; Ger. Geissblalt; Fr. chevrefeuille)

HONEYSUCKLE (See also:
MID
Mid. Eng., honysocle, i.e. any plant from which See also:
HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)
honey may be sucked,—cf. A.-S. huni-suge, See also:
PRIVET
privet; Ger. Geissblalt; Fr. chevrefeuille) , botanical name Lonicera, a genus of climbing, erect or prostrate shrubs, of the natural See also:

order See also:

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Caprifoliaceae, so named after the 16th-See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

German botanist See also:

Adam Lonicer. The See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

SPECIES

species is L. Periclymenum, the woodbine; L. Caprifolium and L. Xylosteum are naturalized in a few counties in the See also:

south and See also:

east of See also:

England. Some of the See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden varieties of the woodbine are very beautiful, and are held in high esteem for their delicious fragrance, even the See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild plant, with its See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, compensating for its sickly looks " with never-cloying odours." The See also:

North See also:

AMERICAN

American sub-See also:

EVERGREEN

evergreen L. sempervirens, with its See also:

FINE

fine heads of blossoms, commonly called the See also:

trumpet honeysuckle, the most handsome of all the cultivated honey-suckles, is a distinct and beautiful species producing both See also:

SCARLET

scarlet and yellow flowered varieties, and the See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese L. flexuosa See also:

var. aureoreticulata is esteemed for its charmingly variegated leaves netted with See also:

GOLDEN

golden yellow. The See also:

FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly honeysuckle, L. Xylosteum, a See also:

hardy See also:

SHRUB

shrub of dwarfish, erect See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit, and L. tatarica, of similar habit, both See also:

EUROPEAN

European, are amongst the See also:

OLDEST

oldest See also:

ENGLISH

English gar-den shrubs, and See also:

bear axillary flowers of various See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, occur- Honeysuckle.—(a) Flowering See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch; See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring two on a peduncle. (b) See also:

flower, nat. See also:

SIZE

size; (c) See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, slightly There are numerous reduced. other species, many of them introduced to our gardens, and well See also:

worth cultivating in shrubberies or as climbers on walls and bowers, either for their beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.

In the western counties of England, and generally by agricul-, urists, the name honeysuckle is applied to the meadow See also:

CLOVER

clover, t rifolium pratense. Another plant of the same See also:

FAMILY

family (See also:

LEGUMINOSAE

Leguminosae) Hedysarum coronarium, a very handsome hardy :iicnnial often seen in old-fashioned collections of garden See also:

PLANTS

plants, is commonly called the See also:

French honeysuckle. The name is moreover applied with various affixes to several other totally different plants. Thus See also:

white honeysuckle and false honeysuckle are names for the North American See also:

AZALEA

Azalea viscosa; Australian or See also:

heath honeysuckle is the Australian See also:

BANKSIA

Banksia serrata, See also:

JAMAICA

Jamaica honeysuckle, Passiflora laurifolia, See also:

DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf honeysuckle the widely spread Cornier suecica, Virgin See also:

Mary's honeysuckle the European Pulmonaria officinalis, while See also:

West See also:

INDIAN

Indian honeysuckle is Tecoma capensis, and is also a name applied to Desmodium. The See also:

wood of the fly honeysuckle is extremely hard, and the clear portions between the See also:

JOINTS

joints of the stems, when their See also:

PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pit, kernel of a nut)

pith has been removed, were stated by See also:

LINNAEUS

Linnaeus to be utilized in See also:

Sweden for making See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco-pipes. The wood is also employed to make See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth for rakes; and, like that of L. tatarica, it is a favourite material for walking-sticks. Honeysuckles (Lonicera) flourish in any See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary garden See also:

SOIL

soil, but are usually sadly neglected in regard to pruning. This should be done about See also:

March, cutting out some of the old wood, and shortening back some of the younger growths of the pre-ceding yea:. (J.

End of Article: HONEYSUCKLE (Mid. Eng., honysocle, i.e. any plant from which honey may be sucked,—cf. A.-S. huni-suge, privet; Ger. Geissblalt; Fr. chevrefeuille)

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