CUMBIXf! PLANTS. 



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climbing roots grow out directly to the wall. This is usually the case with 

 diinViing plants. Several Aroidese and species of Ficus, and especially our ivy 

 (Hedera Helix), the shoots of which occur anywhere at the foot of a tree-trunk or 



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