

THE COLOURED 



IN the descriptions which follow, the Ivies are named in accordance with the descriptive 

 enumeration which commences at page 62. 



THE FRONTISPIECE contains accurate representations of five varieties of Ivies. The large 

 leaf in the centre is Viridis, the small spray in the centre of the leaf is Chrysophylla, the spray 

 on the left is Marginata minor, the spray on the right is Marginata aurea. The border 

 consists of Minima, the smallest leaved variety in the author's collection, 



THE ORNAMENTAL TITLE contains portraits of four Ivies. That at the top on the left hand 

 is Nebulosa ; at the bottom, left hand, Pellucida ; at the top, right hand, Dealbata ; at the 

 bottom, right hand, Succinata. 



THE PLATE FACING PAGE 62 contains portraits of seven varieties. The large mottled leaf 

 in the centre is Maculata ; the large leaf, half cream colour and half dart green, is Pallida ; the 

 dark bronzed leaf above is Lucida ; the yellow leaf to the left of it is Aurea ; the dark leaf above 

 the last is Nigra ; the mottled leaf at the bottom of the plate is Chrysophylla, which is also 

 represented in the frontispiece. 



THE PLATE AT PAGE 78 contains portraits of eight varieties. The large leaf in the centre 

 is Canescens, the strikingly variegated form of Viridis ; the large leaf above it is Variegata, and the 

 small mottled leaf above that is Discolor ; the creamy-edged leaf above Canescens, on the left, is 

 Argentea minor, and the red-edged leaf above that is Marginata major; the large leaf at the 

 bottom of the plate, on the right hand, is Striata, and the small leaf laid upon it is Marginata 

 rubra ; the other leaf at the bottom of the plate is Luteola, one of the most beautiful of the 

 tree ivies. 



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