9. 
THE IVY. 
Hedera heliz. 
PratEe 1, Fia. 9. 
ae eet VERGREEN in beauty, there is 
A Vg a persistent charm in the Ivy. 
/* Nature indeed, by the aid of this 
beautiful plant, seeks to clothe 
« the bare places of the earth, to 
‘ impart greenness to decay, and to 
fill many a corner where the sunshine 
never comes, with glossy verdure. We 
have ranked the Ivy amongst our wood- 
land Trees; for though, perhaps, the popular idea 
of a Tree excludes what is not robust and self- 
supporting in the vegetable kingdom, yet this 
present growth may claim Tree honours; for 
