five inches ; they are broadly cordate in form, usually blunt at the apex, but 

 sometimes elegantly acuminate. The texture of the leaf is leathery, the surface 

 hard and smooth, the colour deep green, finely varnished. Figured at page 103. 



THE IVY. 



A urea. 



DENTATA, The toothed thick-leaved ivy. An interesting garden variety of 

 Coriacea. In general form the leaf is cuneiform, but the outline is interrupted by 

 two short cuneiform lobes placed symmetrically on either side, and the edge of the 

 leaf throughout is beset with small sharp teeth rather distantly placed, and all 

 pointing forwards. 



PURPUREA, The purple thick-leaved ivy. A fine purple-leaved variety of 

 Coriacea ; the autumnal colour is sombre bronzy purple, mottled with dull green, 

 the principal veins being of a reddish colour. 





