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A sweet, wholesome compost, perfect cleanliness, and proper 

 attention to watering. 



Give them these, and success is assured. 



REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF IVIES IN THE 

 SOCIETY'S GARDEN AT CHISWICK. 



By Mr. Shirley Hibbekd, F.R.H.S. 



A collection of varieties of Ivies has been formed in the 

 Society's Garden by contributions from various sources, and the 

 Floral Committee have inspected them and awarded marks of 

 merit to such as were deemed of special value for cultivation by 

 reason of their distinctiveness and beauty. Having collected and 

 cultivated garden Ivies, and treated at length upon their characters 

 and classification in a work entitled " The Ivy," published in 

 London 1872, a desire w T as expressed that I would arrange the 

 Society's collection in accordance with my own classification and 

 nomenclature, and present the results in a report to the Council. 

 It is with pleasure I comply with the request, having assisted 

 in the official inspection, and having contributed from my own 

 collection some varieties that appeared to be needful to the proper 

 representation of the subject in the Society's Garden. The 

 varieties added by me to the Society's collection are not included 

 in the report, as, at the time of writing, they have not been 

 planted out, and it' might prove an imprudent interference with 

 the work of the Floral Committee to make any further reference 

 to them until they have made some growth and have been duly 

 reviewed, and their relative merits officially marked for the 

 guidance of persons interested. 



The classification adopted in this report is the same as in 

 the work above referred to,* which has been generally accepted as 

 sufficient both for the indication of affinities and to make an end 

 of the confusion arising out of the uncertain nomenclature and 

 multiplied synonyms hitherto in use. The principle kept in 

 view has been to attach to all the more distinct varieties names 

 indicative or suggestive of their distinctive characters ; and to 



* " The Ivy : a Monograph, comprising the History, Uses, Characteristics, 

 and Affinities of the Plant ; and a Descriptive List of the Varieties in Culti- 

 vation." By Shirley Hibberd. London, 1872. 



