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

 form not unfrequently. 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. h. 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. 



