American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . greenish, the staminate and pistillate being on different plants. The engraving, taken from a Maryland specimen that was somewhat injured in transportation, shows the shape of the leaves, the general habit of the plant, and the manner of its attachment to the branch of an oak. Where it occurs abund-antly, it is of course in-jurious to the tree upon which it feeds; in some parts of the South and West it has destroyed valuable forest have seen it, in some instances, so abundantas to completely hide the foliage of the tree whic
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . greenish, the staminate and pistillate being on different plants. The engraving, taken from a Maryland specimen that was somewhat injured in transportation, shows the shape of the leaves, the general habit of the plant, and the manner of its attachment to the branch of an oak. Where it occurs abund-antly, it is of course in-jurious to the tree upon which it feeds; in some parts of the South and West it has destroyed valuable forest have seen it, in some instances, so abundantas to completely hide the foliage of the tree whichserved as its host. We have not known of ourspecies proving, as does the European, injuriousto orchards, although it might readily becomeso, as it is not very particular as to the kind oftree upon which it feeds, and seem3 very muchat home on the Wild Cherry. The late W. Short, of Kentucky, informed us that afew unusually severe winters completely exter-minated it in his locality, but that after a fewyears it again appeared as abundantly as Variegated-leaved Ivies. The use of Ivy as a house plant ha= often beenadvocated in these pages. The ease with whichit is propagated from cuttings, the pleasing shapeof its foliage, its rich and healthy looking green,its patience with all sorts of treatment, and theinteresting associations connected with it, makeit a plant every way desirable as a householdpet and ornament. In the climate of New Yorkit does tolerably well against walls out-of-doors,but it gets badly cut back in severe winters,though in Pennsylvania and farther south, itseems to be quite at home, and flourishes late years the forms with variegated leaveshave become very popular in Europe, and thecatalogues give over twenty named of these are of great beauty, especiallythose that have well-defined margins of yellowor clear white, in marked contrast with thedeep green of the rest of the leaf. Some of thefinest varieties do not succeed we
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