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mon variety, which is shown by its returning to the primal 

 form not ^infrequently. The leaves are entire, and the 

 plant often retains its arborescent form for years. 



H. Rcegneriana is a variety with large, heart-shaped 

 leaves, which is much esteemed. 



H. Ti. digitata, the palmate or hand-shaped Ivy is a 



pretty variety, of rapid growth ; the leaves are small, 

 dark, and veined. This is often called, erroneously, the 

 Irish Ivy. 



H. Canariensis is the Irish, or Giant Ivy ; the leaves are 

 five-lobed, and larger than those of the common ivy. 



Almost all the varieties of nurserymen s' catalogues are 

 merely forms of these, with peculiar foliage. 



