DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF GARDEN IVIES. 



had the same characters as now from the first, and as it climbs freely, and is a 

 true wall-ivy, this appears in the end to be its proper place. 



GRACILIS, Slender ivy, A light elegant plant with wiry stems of a warm 

 purple colour, and leaves usually three-lobed, placed rather far apart, rendering 

 the wiry stems conspicuous ; the colour rather light dull green, richly bronzed in 

 autumn ; the principal veins rise slightly in relief. The leaves curl slightly, and 

 are seldom sharply lobed. A very pretty wall-ivy or to clothe a tree- stump. 



TORTUOSA, Twisted-leaved ivy (syn. Glymii). A very fine and distinct form 

 of helix. The growth is scarcely robust, and rather wiry ; the leaves vary in 



Tortuosa. 



form from regular ovate to long wedge-shaped, many of them being obscurely 

 three-lobed. The colour is a deep dull green, overspread with blotches of blackish 

 bronze. The form and colour of the leaves are characteristic features, but they are 

 moreover peculiarly glossy, and every one is more or less curled and twisted, the 

 twisting increasing during cold weather. One of the finest in this series, and, 

 while fit for every purpose in the garden, is particularly adapted for pot culture. 



LOBATA MAJOR, Large-loled ivy (syn. Sagitt&folia). This is one of the 

 largest forms of helix, and may be easily mistaken for a form of canariensis. In 

 growth free and robust, leaf- stalks and young shoots greenish purple; leaves full 

 deep green, rarely touched with bronze, surface hard and glossy ; lobes three to 



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