CLIMBING PLANTS. 



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Fi<5. 106. — Ficus wall yu-.ilc-likc chispiug routs, at Darjeeliiig in the Sikkmi Iliuialayaa. (I'lwm a pliulMgrapli.) 



climbing roots grow out directly to the wall. This is usually the case with 



climbing plants. Several Aroideae and species of Ficus, and especially our ivy 



(Hedera Helix), the shoots of which occur anywhere at the foot of a tree-trunk or 

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