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THE IVY. 



VIRIDIS, The light-green ivy (syn. Algeriensis). A light green form of 

 grandifolia, distinct in many particulars, but easily traceable, as its relationships 

 are obvious. Leaves large, varying from entire broad ovate or orbicular to a 

 peculiar rounded three-lobed form, texture papery and smooth, colour yellowish 

 green. A grand ivy for outdoor verandahs as well as for walls, its cheerful colour 

 in the early part of summer being peculiarly acceptable. It also forms a noble 

 pot-plant. Figured at page 99, and in the centre of the frontispiece. 



GROUP 6. VARIEGATED-LEAVED CLIMBING FORMS OF HEDERA GRANDIFOLIA. 



VARIEGATA, The variegated large-leaved ivy. A scarce variety, extremely 

 handsome and very distinct. It grows slowly, and is by no means robust ; 

 the leaf-stalks are purplish, the leaves broadish wedge-shaped or obscurely three- 

 lobed, the surface smooth and glossy, the colour of the central parts of the 

 leaf dark green, the margin bright primrose cream colour. All the leaves are 

 variegated alike, and the decided tone of yellow of the margin is common to them 

 from first to last ; it is scarcely paler in the old than in the young leaves. Figured 

 in plate at page 78, second from top, right hand. 



PALLIDA, The pallid large-leaved ivy (syn. Golden-blotched, Hibernica, fol. 

 var., Aurea metadata, Canariensis var. aurea, Golden-blotched Irish ivy). This is 

 well known, and deservedly so, for its beauty. It differs from the type only in its 

 variegation, which occurs irregularly in " splashes," some parts of the plant 

 being superbly coloured, while others are green, and differ in no respect from the 

 common ll Irish ivy." The variegation consists of a pale yellowish or primrose 

 colour, with which some leaves are entirely overspread, while others are half green 

 and half yellow, the mid-rib marking the division sharply ; others, again, are 

 blotched and patched with variegation. This never acquires a rich variegation, 

 except when planted out, and then it is usually a noble plant, though irregularly 

 coloured. Figured at page 100, and in the plate at page 62, centre, right hand. 



MACULATA, The blotched large-leaved ivy (syn. Latifolia maculata, Marmorata, 

 Variegata). The finest variegated ivy in the grandifolia group ; an extremely 

 beautiful plant. The young stems and leaf- stalks are a bright purplish-red colour ; 

 the leaves are broad, three-lobed, the lobes nearly equal in size, and occasionally 

 curled and wrinkled. The variegation overspreads the whole plant, consisting in 

 blotches, streaks, and dots of clear cream colour, intermixed with greyish green 

 and full dark green. The abundance and constancy of colour, and the free growth 



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