simple reason that we cannot discover any differences amongst them. Marginata 

 minor is the smallest of the series, with the exception of Marginata rubra, which 

 is distinguished from all the rest by its fine deep red margin. Marginata minor 

 has small angular deltoid or shield-shaped leaves, obscurely lobed, the central part 

 of the leaf dull olive-green, slightly washed with grey ; the margin a clear cream 



Crenata. 



colour, passing into pinkish red on the edges after September, but never acquiring 

 so decided a tone of red as the next. A pretty pot -plant, but not robust enough 

 for walls. The spray on the left hand in the frontispiece is Marginata minor. 



MARGINATA RUBRA, Red-margined-leaved ivy (syn. Callisi, Elegantissima, 

 Argentea rubra, Latifolia elegans, Tricolor, Marginata pulcliella). This agrees 

 with Marginata media in all essential particulars, but is distinguished by the 

 bright deep rosy red hue of the extreme edge of the leaf. The red colour does 





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