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The tropical species of Aralia require a hot moist 
house and rich well-drained soil. They are propagated by 
means of cuttings, but A. Veitchii and a few similar species can only be 
multiplied by means of grafting. The hardy species thrive in sunny 
positions in light soils, and are propagated in the same manner as Fatsias. 
Cultivation. 
IVIES 
Natural Order ARALIACER. Genus Hedera 
HEDERA AUSTRALIANA (Australian). Leaves pinnate, 
with a few more or less oval leaflets, smooth and shining, 
as much as 6 inches long. 
H. HEuix (a Latin name for creeping Ivy, from the Greek word 
Celix) for anything coiled or twining). Common Ivy. Stems trailing 
and flowerless, or arboreous and flowering, old specimens forming trunks 
6 to 10 inches in diameter. Leaves leathery, heart-shaped at base, 
variably lobed and differing in width, those of the flowering branches 
lance-shaped. Flowers yellowish green; September to November. There 
are an enormous number of varieties recorded, their differences chiefly 
consisting in some slight departure from the typical form in the colour 
and size of the leaf or the shape of the lobes. 
Ivies will grow almost anywhere in these islands, in 
~ sunshine or shade. A more luxuriant growth can be 
obtained by enriching the soil, but they do fairly well in all but the 
poorest and driest of earth. They are readily propagated by cuttings 
from pieces of stem a foot long, planted in a sunny border in autumn. 
The tree form is not so easily rooted as the climbing form. Choice 
_ varieties are sometimes grafted. Where a number of vigorous plants 
are wanted to cover some new or unsightly object quickly, the cuttings 
should be struck in a little heat, They will make much more rapid 
_ growth when planted out. 
Species. 
Culture. 
