VIII. SELECTIONS OF IVIES, 



COMPRISING THE MOST DISTINCT AND BEAUTIFUL IN THE SEVERAL SECTIONS. 



" Strange was the sight and smacking of the time ; 

 And long we gazed, but satiated at length 

 Came to the ruins. High-arch' d and iry-claspt, 

 Of finest Gothic lighter than a fire, 

 Thro' one wide chasm of time and frost they gave 



The park, the crowd, the house." 



TENNYSON'S 



PRINCESS" (Prologue). 



GREEN IVIES ADAPTED FOR WALLS. 



The fast-growing green-leaved kinds are the best for all ordinary purposes, 

 and a select list should comprise Pustulata, Lobata majorj Lucida, JDigitata, 

 Grandifolia, Viridis, and Coriacea. 



GREEN IVIES ADAPTED FOR TRELLISES, ROCKERIES, &c. 



The small-leaved varieties best adapted for a display of distinctive characters 

 in positions where the elegant forms of their leaves will be seen to advantage are, 

 Helix, Triloba, Gracilis, Deltoidea, Cinerea (rather tender), Contracta, Pedata, 

 Minima, Cuspidata minor. 



VARIEGATED IVIES FOR WALLS, TRELLISES, AND ROCKERIES. 

 The most robust and handsome of the variegated kinds are Maculata, Pallida , 



