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THE IVY. 



ample provision that their Heavenly Father had 

 made for them, during even the most inclement 



IVY-BERRIES. 



period of the year. It is a fact well worthy of 

 note, that Ivy-berries are never injured by frost, 

 however severe the winter may be. 



Although the Ivy never bears flowers or as- 

 sumes a bushy habit until it has had an opportu- 

 nity of indulging its climbing propensities, yet, 

 by proper management, it may be made highly 

 ornamental as a standard shrub. For this pur- 

 pose, plants that have mounted to the top of a 

 hedge-bank, and have there rooted, should be 

 taken up in winter, and carefully removed to their 

 new destination, when, though they maj^ perhaps 

 throw off all their leaves (a tolerably sure sign 



