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THE IVY. 



not appear until September, and after that date it increases in intensity until the 

 end of the year, after which it becomes again faint, and in the spring passes away. 

 A slow-growing and decidedly tender variety. In the plate at page 78 the red- 

 edged leaf on the right, near the foot, is Marginata rubra. 



Digitata. 



SUB-MARGINATA, Faintly-margined-leaved ivy (syn. Rhomlea variegata, 

 Marginata major, Rhomboidea japonica, Japonica variegata, New Japanese). A 

 very distinct form, which has a different name in almost every nursery. The 

 leaves are of medium size, of a rhomboid form or inclined to irregular spoon- 

 shaped ; the colour is a deep bluish green, margined with a thin line of whitish 

 variegation, with a few faint touches of red added in winter. Easily distinguished 

 from all the rest in this section by the paucity of the variegation and the bluish 

 tone of the green part of the leaf. Figured at page 89. 



MARGINATA LACTEA, The milky-margined ivy (syn. Arlorescens alba lutescens). 



