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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ August 8, 1889. 
Writing as a gardener, one could not be in bis company for long 
before finding that he possessed a great knowledge of fruits, flowers, 
and vegetables, and his vast intellect and kindly tongue were ever ready 
to impart useful information. It mattered not whether it was Grapes, 
Melons, Peaches, Plums, Apples, Pears, with Potatoes and all other vege¬ 
tables—herbaceous and alpine plants, trees, shrubs, and forest trees—he 
was always well informed respecting the merits and defects of the latest 
introductions and novelties ; he could also speak of the long list of good 
o'.d varieties of fruits, flowers, and vegetables that had come under his 
notice during sixty years. His memory also was marvellous, and when 
last I had the pleasure and privilege of a walk round the gardens here 
with him a few years ago, then in his eighty-third year, it was astonish¬ 
ing how ready he was in giving the names of common British plants 
that I wished to know. Few men I have seen at that age with such 
a quick and correct memory. 
Mr. Berkeley was frequently seen at the shows of the Koyal Horticul¬ 
tural Society at Kensington twelve to sixteen years ago, and many 
gardeners that have seen his patriarchal and noble countenance there 
on several occasions would never forget him. These notes are penned 
by one who was a great admirer of, and who has met with many acts of 
kindness from the deceased gentleman, and who feels greatly indebted 
to him for much useful knowledge.— A. Harding, Orton Ilall Gardens, 
Peterborough. 
A CATALOGUE OF GARDEN IVIES. 
[We have been favoured by Mr. Shirley Hibberd with the following notes on Garden 
Ivies.] 
( Concluded, from page 88.) 
Vabiegated Forms of Hedeea Helix. 
31. Marginata is the general name of some half-dozen or more 
distinct varieties with variegated leaves. Great confusion prevails in 
the garden names of these, such labels as are commonly seen being 
worse than useless, because they are attached to the plants on something 
like the principle of drawing them from a ballot box. The marginate ‘ 
series cost me a lot of trouble in the first instance to put them in definite 
order, but the rule still prevails of naming them at haphazard and 
without any rule at all. The Marginata of my list has green stems, the 
leafstalks slightly purplish, the leaves bluntly triangular, the ground 
colour dark green mottled with patches of light green and a thin wash 
of grey ; the margins creamy white during summer, in autumn showing 
tints of red or purple, the tone of which is greatly influenced by 
weather and local circumstances. 
Syn. Argentea elegans, Arborescens variegata. 
32. Marginata grandis has broad leaves and a rich massive 
appearance, with a decided tone of blue in the central parts of the 
leaf. It is boldly margined with creamy variegation, which never 
tends to any tone of yellow. It is a true running Ivy, yet the growth 
is short and stout, and occasionally short spurs with entire ovate leaves 
appear representing the growth of a fruiting Ivy. These arborescent 
shoots often produce flowers, but the fruits do not so often appear. 
Syn. Marginata robusta, Arborescens marginata, Tricolor, Elegan¬ 
tissima, Marginata grandis. 
33. Marginata major is a grand member of this series, the leaves 
broad, obscurely lobed ; the colour deep bluish green, with broad margin 
of creamy variegation with a decided tinge of yellow. 
Syn. Marginata argentea, Marginata pulcliella, Marginata elegan¬ 
tissima, Marginata purpurea, Silver Stripe. 
33. Marginata media comes near to Marginata grandis, but is 
always less robust; the variegation creamy white without any trace of 
yellow. 
Syn. Marginata elegantissima, Marginata robustr, Ellegantissima 
marginata rubra. 
34. Marginata Minor is the collective name of a group of small¬ 
leaved Ivies with silvery margins that appear to be from a common 
stock, but slightly differing amongst themselves. They agree in a weakly 
and wiry growth ; the leaves are small, angular, deltoid in form, 
obscurely lobed, the central part dull green, slightly washed with 
grey, the margin a clear cream colour passing into red or purple in 
autumn, but never acquiring so full a tone of red as the next on 
the list. 
Syn. Marginata argentea, Folius argosenccns (?), Marginata 
elegans, Cavcndishi, Marginata latifolia, Aurea elegantissima, Broad- 
leaved Silver, Marginata purpur a. 
36. Marginata rubra agrees in a general way with Marginata 
media, but differs in autumn when the margins of the leaves and the 
leafstalks acquire a lively red or purple colour, which increases in 
intensity until the end of the year, after which it passes away, so that 
in spring, when growth recommences, there is scarcely a stain of red 
left. This is a tender variety, and is often injured by frost or long- 
continued winter damp. 
Syn. Cullisi, Mega’.tissima. Argentea rubra, Latifolia ehgans, 
Tricolor, Marginata pulchella, Elegantissima marginata. 
37. Sub-Marginata is distinct and beautiful, rich in colour and in 
synonyms. The stems are purplish ; the leaves are of medium size, 
irregular spoon-shaped, or broad with unequal base and one blunt lobe ; 
the colour deep bluish green, margined with a thin line of whitish 
variegation, supplemented in autumn by pleasing shades of purple and 
red. It is distinct and beautiful. 
Syn. Rhombea variegata, Marginata major, Bhomboidea Japonica, 
Japonica variegata, JVew Japanese, Scintilla argentea, Purpurea 
metallwa, Bhomboidea obovata variegata. 
38. Marginata lactea is deep and beautiful, the stems deep 
purple, the leafstalks reddish-purple, the leaves triangular with obscure 
blunt rhomboid basal lobes, or with occasional ear-like lobes projecting 
singly. The ground colour dark green with a few faint blotches of grey,, 
the margin bright cream colour, delicately tinged with pink in autumn. 
Syn. A’ borcscens alba lutescens. 
33. Discolor has a neat habit of growth, and is easily identified. The 
leaves are deltoid, with three to five obtuse lobes ; the prevailing colour 
dark dull green, the whole plant sprinkled with grey dots, the young 
growth being almost white, and sometimes tinged with red, and the 
young leafstalks red. In winter there remains but little of the 
variegation. 
Syn. Maculata, Minor Marmorata, Maculata minor, Mar mo at as 
elegantissima. 
40. Cinerea marginata is a silvery margined form of the- 
Himalayan Ivy. It is of no particular value. 
Syn. Broad-leaved silver (?). 
41. Marginata aurea is one of the best of the golden-leaved wall 
Ivies. The young stems are stout, the leaves elongate triangular, deli¬ 
cately margined with faint orange yellow, tending to red. 
Syn. Bobusta. 
42. Sulphurea has a peculiar appearance, and is easily identified p. 
the leaves are small, triangular, and flat, often spoon-shaped and con¬ 
cave, with small ear-like lobes ; the variegation is plentiful but dull ? 
the prevailing colours sulphur-yellow and impure cream. 
Syn. Marginata argentea, Arborescens argentea variegata, Marginata/ 
canescens. 
43. Chrysophylla is a free growing golden-leaved Ivy that soon 
becomes tree-like under pot culture. In its climbing growth its broad 
leaves arc variously lobed, but the lobes obtuse and few in number. 
The variegation occurs in patches on the young growth, many of the 
leaves being wholly of a deep yellow, others mottled with paler yellow- 
on a green ground, and much of the plant deep green without any 
variegation. There are several rather distinct forms of this, the 
products of local circumstances, the best of them are richly golden and 
agreeably constant. 
Syn. Aurea spcctabilis, Spectabilis aurea, Aurea densa minor, Aurea 
or Golden, Aurea maculata, Canariensis aurea marmorata, Foliis- 
aurea. 
44. Chrysophylla Palmata. —Leaves distinctly and handsomely 
palmate lobed, the colour nearly the same as the last. 
Syn. Palmata aurea-, Palmata nova aurea (a selected form), Mrs. 
Pollock. 
45. Succinata is of a weakly habit, neat and pretty, but not 
showy ; the leaves are bluntly sagittate in form ; richly mottled amber 
and pale green. A gem for the rockery. 
46. Chrysomela will become famous as “ Golden Gem,” for it is- 
a golden form of my “Emerald Gem,” and hitherto has proved the 
finest of the golden Ivies. The leaves are in general smaller than those 
of Emerald Gem, but a certain number are exact counterparts of them 
in every particular ; others are wholly of a rich brilliant orange colour 
or patched, and margined with variegation of a deep yellow colour. 
Syn. Golden Gem , 
Arborescent forms of Hedera Helix. 
47. Melanocarpa is the common European Ivy as met with on 
towers and ruins where it has ceased to climb, and has become tree-like- 
and fruitful. The habit of growth is much influenced by position ; in 
gardens it is usually long-jointed and wiry, in places much exposed,, 
short, stout, and compact. The leaves are ovate, without lobes, and 
much prolonged, or broad and oval, sometimes short with a few obscure 
lobes ; the colour deep rich green and glossy. The green flowers appear 
in September, and give to the tree a most beautiful appearance. They 
are succeeded by black berries. 
Syn. Arborescens, Arborca, Baccifera nigra. 
48. Corrugata is the counterpart of crenata and assumably its. 
fruiting form. It is handsome as a garden shrub, and bears fruit 
plentifully. 
Syn. Palmata digitata, Helix incisa, Baccifera crenata. 
49. Latifolia is a large-leaved fruiting Ivy, the leaves broad ovate- 
deep green. It is common in the Channel Islands. 
Syn. Baccifera latifolia. 
50. Chrysocarpa differs but little in leafage from our common 
Melanocarpa, but is less robust in habit, and forms a neater bush. The 
berries are of a dull yellow colour. This, beyond a'l doubt, is the Poet’s 
Ivy, and if a fanciful name could be of any use, we would name it 
“ Poetica.” 
Syn. Baccifera lutea, Arborea flava. 
51. Leucocarpa is a variety of the foregoing with white berries. I 
have not seen the fruit. 
Syn. Baccifera alba. 
52. Kubrocarpa is a provisional name for the red-berried Ivy 
M. Andre has reported on. It appears to be the fruiting form of 
Cinerea. 
53. Argentea major is a free-growing, handsome, silvery-leaved 
