CALYCIFLOR/t T21 
Ivy reaches a height of 4o ft. and completely 
envelops a tree when left to grow, often suffocating 
its support and killing it ; hence under good methods 
of forestry it is usually destroyed when covering a 
tree. The flowers are in bloom in October and 
November. 
The flowers are polygamous and the anthers mature 
before the stigma. The petals are not persistent, the 
flowers yellowish-green, and in spite of this beetles 
visit them, as well as flies and wasps. The stamens 
are as long as the corolla, and are inflexed. The 
anthers, bifid below, are incumbent. 
The style is quite short. The simple stigma is 
terminal. 
The fruit being edible the seeds are dispersed by 
birds. — 
Ivy is also known by the names of Benewith Tree, 
Bentwood, Bindwood, Evy, Ground Ivy, Hyven, 
Ivin, Ivory, Barren, Black Ivy, Creeping Small Ivy, 
Wood Bind. 
Barren Ivy applies to the trailing form. 
‘To pipe in an ivy leaf” is to engage in a futile 
pursuit. The unity of wisdom and conviviality is 
expressed in the saying, “ An owl in an ivy bush.” 
