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A DICTIONARY OF 
Ivory. Hedera Helix, L. — Ess. ; Rutl. IN'. & Q. 5tli S. iv. 488 ; 
N.-W. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6. 
Ivray. Lolium tenmleyitwn, L. — Lyte. Prior, p. 122. 
Ivvens, Ground. See Ground Ivy (1). 
Ivy. The general name for Hedera Helix, L. — /S.-TF. Cumb.; E. 
Lord. Bot. E. Bord. Prior, p. 122. 
Ivy, Barren. The small-leaved form of Hedera Helix, L., Avhicli 
grows on hedgebanks. Barren Ivy ‘ is small and creepeth along upon 
the grounde, and this kinde bringeth no fruite.’ Lyte. Hal. Wr. 
Ivy, Black. Hedera Helix, L. — A translation of its old name 
Hedera nigra, in allusion to the colour of the fruit. Lyte. 
Ivy, Creeping. Hedera Helix, L. (the procumbent form). — Ger. 
Hal. has CErth-ivi. 
Ivy, Five-leaved. A common garden name for the Yirginian 
Creeper, Ampelopsis liederacea, Mich. 
Ivy, Ground. See Ground Ivy. 
Ivy, Small. Hedera Helix, L. (the form Avhich creeps on the 
ground). — Lyte. 
Ivy Bindweed. Polygonum Convolvulus, L. — Lyte. ‘The leaves 
are lyke to Ivie, but smaller and tenderer, much resembling the 
leaves of the white Bindeweede.’ Lyte. 
Ivy Chickweed, or Ivy-leaved Chickweed. Veronica hederifolia, 
L. — With. ed. iv. Prior, p. 123. 
Ivywort. A name proposed by Park. (Theatr. p. 682) for Linaria 
Cymhalaria, L. — ‘Wee may call it in English eyther Iviewort or the 
Ivie like leafe as it is in the title’ [i. e. Cymbalaria hederacea^. 
Jacinth. Lat. Hyacinthus, the hyacinth. A common spelling in 
the old herbals. Prior, p. 123. 
Jack. (1) A garden variety of the Polyanthus — one of the forms 
of the so-called ‘ hose-in-hose ’ Polyanthus — having the calyx more 
or less coloured, and partly assuming the character of the corolla. — 
London (Covent Garden), Gard. Chron. , 1868, p. 438. 
(2) Dianthus Caryophyllus, Jacks is the horticultural slang 
designation for single carnations, which are grown specially for the 
trading hawker by thousands, and by the fraternity of which he is a 
member hawked all over the country, and sold to the unsuspicious as 
best named varieties.’ Gard. Chron., March 16, 1878, p. 340. 
Jack, Creeping. Sedum acre, L. — dies. 
Jack-behind-the-garden-gate. Viola tricolor, L. — Suff. 
