

Skeleton plant of Hcdera grandiflora arbures^ens, to show the 

 mode of training to form a round bush. 



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Skeleton plant of Hedera helix, to show the mode of training 

 to Ibim a round bush. 



The figure of the yellow-berried 

 ivy, at page 44, represents the 

 kind of bushes which have been 

 employed at Stoke Newington for 

 both outdoor and conservatory 

 decoration. These compact plants, 

 with brilliant grass-green leaves, 

 and a profusion of orange-co- 

 loured berries, present a most 

 beautiful appearance in the depth 

 of winter ; and if their roots are 

 sufficiently protected, the severest 

 frost does not harm them in the 

 least. To produce fine specimens 

 of this kind is purely a question 

 of time. They should never be 

 pruned at all unless there are 

 strong shoots pushing beyond the 

 general contour of the plant ; in 

 which case let them grow until 

 the end of July, and then shorten 

 them, and turn the primings to 

 account as cuttings. To make 

 bushes of the climbing sorts, trel- 

 lises must be inserted in the 

 pots, and the growth be regularly 

 trained to them. The skeleton 

 figures are intended to show the 

 manner in which the shoots must 

 be trained out : the trellises may 

 be flat or spherical. 



PROPAGATION. Incidentally 

 every detail in the multiplication 

 of ivies has been mentioned, and 

 therefore the several methods 

 resorted to may be explained in 

 very few words. By the time 



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