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Hedera continued. 



H. H. chrysocarpa (golden-fruited).* {. smallish, sometimes 

 nearly triangular and three-lobed ; central lobe frequently pro- 

 longed, with a few sharp lobes or notches ; colour greyish-green ; 

 principal veins lined with markings of a lighter shade. A quick- 

 growing climber. 



H. H. conglomerate (crowded).* A marked, slow-growing, erect 

 variety, with small, wavy leaves, and very short internodes. An 

 excellent subject for rockwork. See Fig. 184. 



H. H. cuspidata minor (smaller cuspidate). I. uniformly three- 

 lobed, the lobes equal and crenated ; colour a deep rich glossy 

 green, with whitish veins. A pretty small-leaved variety, with 

 bright reddish-purple leaf-stalks, and stems purplish when young. 



H. H. deltoidea (deltoid). I. bluntly deltoid, blackish-green, 

 changing in autumn to a dull purplish-bronze. Stem purplish 

 rather stout. A distinct wall Ivy. (S. H. Ivy, 75.) 



H. H. dentata (toothed). A large handsome Ivy, somewhat like 

 E. H. Heegneriana, but with less glossy leaves, which are not 

 unfrequently distinctly toothed. See Fig. 185. 



FIG. 186. HEDERA HELIX DIGITATA. 



. H. dlgltata (digitate). 



I. more decidedly digitate than in most 



other Ivies, blackish-green, with whitish veins. A rather vigorous 

 grower, and an excellent Ivy for walls. See Fig. 186. H H. 

 Caenwoodiana is a plant which scarcely differs (if at all) from 



H. H. digitata. 



FIG. 187. HEDERA HELIX DONERAILEXSIS. 



H. H. Donerailensis (Donerail's).* A very pretty, small-leaved 

 form with leaves which assume a dull purple-brown colour in 

 winter. A neat, compact plant, of medium rate of growth, good 

 for walls, or for pot culture. See Fig. 187. 



Hedera continued. 

 I. H. Glymli (Glym's). I. varying in form from regular ovate 



to long wedge-shaped, many of them being obscurely three-lobed ; 



colour a very glossy, deep dull green. A fine and distinct form, 



of a wiry habit of growth. One of the best for pot culture. 

 I. H. gracilis (slender). I usually three-lobed ; colour rather 



light dull green, richly bronzed in autumn. Stems wiry, purplish. 



A very pretty variety for covering a wall or a tree stump. 



(S. H. Ivy, 66.) 



lobata major (larger-lobed). I. three to five-lobed (in old 

 ants.Jarge), deep glossy green. A good, vigorous grower. " 



FIG. 189. HEDERA HELIX LUCIDA. 



H. H. lucida (glossy). 1. frequently deltoid, glossy ; larger ones, 

 in vigorous plants, with from three to five somewhat indistinct 

 lobes A fast grower, suitable for clothing walls and tree stumps, 

 or for pot culture. See Fig. 189. 



H. H. luteola (yellowish-tinted). I. from broadly ovate to irregular 

 rhomboid, occasionally three-lobed ; stems and petioles usually 

 green, sometimes slightly purplish; central parts dark green, 

 mottled with grey ; margin broad, of a yellowish cream colour. 

 A fine tree Ivy, of robust habit, and an excellent form for pot 

 culture. 



H. H. marginata (margined). I. bluntly triangular; ground 

 colour dull green, margined with creamy-white, brilliantly striped 

 with red or pink in autumn. A somewhat slow-growing form. 

 (S. H. Ivy, 78, 88.) 



H. H. marginata aurea (golden-margined). I. elongate tri- 

 angular, bordered with faint orange-yellow, turning to red. An 

 excellent Ivy for walls. 



H. H. marginata minor (lesser margined). A pretty but slow- 

 growinf form, with smaller leaves than H. H. marginata. Not 

 vigorous enough for walls, but a desirable plant for cultivation in 

 pots. SYN. H. Cavendishii. 



H. H. marginata rubra (red-margined). This differs from 

 H H marginata in the bright deep rosy-red hue of the extreme 

 edge of the leaf ; the red colour does not appear until autumn, 

 and disappears in spring. A slow-growing variety. SYNS. 

 H. elefjantisgima, H. tricolor. 



FIG. 188, HEDERA HELIX LOBATA MAJOR. 

 VoL IL 



FIG. 190. HEDERA HELIX MARMORATA MINOR. 



H. H. marmorata (marbled). A large-leaved form, of vigorous 

 habit, with irregular blotches of a creamy-white colour. Good 

 for walls or rough rockwork. Another and very distinct sub- 

 variety is marmorata minor, with much smaller leaves. The 

 variegation of this, too, is less apt to " run out" than that of 

 the larger form.- See Fig. 180. 



EL H. palmata (palmate). I. medium-sized, three to five-lobed ; 

 colour a dull deep green. This, in a young state, much resembles 

 H. difiitata, but, when mature, is distinct enough to deserve a 

 varietal name. A neat, but rather slow grower. (S. H. Ivy, 75.) 

 H. H. pellucida (translucent). /. medium size, bluntly quad- 

 rangular, mottled with green and white, or white and semi- 

 transparent. Young stems red. Habit robust. 

 H. H. purpurea (purple). A climbing Ivy with leathery leaves 



like those of H. Roegneriana, but of a purplish colour. 

 H. H. Rsegneriana (Ro-gner's).* I. large, dark green, leathery, 

 broadly cordate. A handsome and distinct variety, of vigorous 

 habit. The arborescent form of this is the most striking of all 

 the tree Ivies. See Fig. 191. 



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