plant is somewhat robust, with stoutish stems and medium- sized leaves of a blunt 

 quadrangular form ; these are mottled with green and white, or are wholly white 

 and semi-transparent, while the young stems are of the most brilliant tint of 



carmine or coral red, and so 

 translucent that they may be 

 likened to threads of coloured 

 glass. Title-page, foot, left 

 hand. 



DISCOLOR, Marble-leaved 

 ivy (syn. Minor marmorata, 

 Maculata). An extremely 

 neat variety, with small broad- 

 ish leaves, varying from a 

 regular deltoid form to three- 

 and five-lobed, the lobes obtuse 

 and angular. The prevailing 

 colour is dark dull green, but 

 the whole plant is slightly 

 spotted with grey variegation, 

 the young growth being bright- 

 est, and having the addition of 

 a slight tinge of red. The 

 variegation is at its best in the 

 early part of the summer ; as 

 winter approaches much of it 

 passes away. Figured in plate 

 at page 78, top, right hand. 



B. VARIEGATION " GOLDEN." 



MARGINATA AUREA (syn. Robusta). A distinct and beautiful variety. The 

 young stems rather stout, and of a purplish red colour. The leaves elongate 

 triangular, delicately margined with faint orange yellow tending to red. A well- 

 developed plant has a strong tinge of deep yellow shading into red, but any 

 individual leaf that may be selected is comparatively faint in colour and the 

 character is not easily discernible. A fine ivy for walls, but not bright enough to 



