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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF GARDEN IVIES. 



admirably to clothe banks and rockeries, and for edgings to flower-beds. The 

 subjoined figure represents it faithfully. 



Helix. 



PUSTULATA, The blistered ivy (syn. Lobata Taurica, Taurica Leeana, Helix 

 major'). A large form of the so-called species, quite common, though peculiarly 

 distinct. The most casual inspection is sufficient to determine the claim of this 

 variety to a name on account of its distinctness. The growth is free and robust. 

 The leaves vary from being nearly equally and bluntly five-lobed, remotely suggest- 

 ing the form of digitata, to a more distinctive five- or six-lobed form, the central 

 lobe being sharply wedge-shaped. The basal line of the leaf approximates to a right 

 angle to the line of the stalk. The colour of the leaf is a full green, the principal 

 veins being raised like threads laid on, and the blade marked with obscure blister- 

 like irregularities of the surface. The figure at page 64 very faithfully represents 

 the blistered surface of the leaf, which is a constant character of the variety. It is 

 one of the best for clothing banks and to form marginal lines, and is not unworthy 

 of culture as a pot plant. 



HETEROPHYLLA, Various -leaved ivy. This variety was selected from a batch of 

 seedlings at Stoke Newington : it is eminently beautiful and distinct, of a rich 

 deep green colour, and in habit combining the features of a climbing and a fruiting 

 ivy. Free and robust in growth, but more inclined to lateral than perpendicular 



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