Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . Ivy. familiar. We meet with it upon old buildings, rocks, and in thewoods and hedgerows, running over the surface of the ground,or covering the trunks and main branches of the trees with itsinterlacing stems and masses of rich foliage. Opinions havebeen very varied as to whether the luxuriant growth of the ivyis detrimental or not to the trees which it embraces ; for whilesome have considered that its presence is a benefit, and particu-larly in severe winters, others have held that the com
Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . Ivy. familiar. We meet with it upon old buildings, rocks, and in thewoods and hedgerows, running over the surface of the ground,or covering the trunks and main branches of the trees with itsinterlacing stems and masses of rich foliage. Opinions havebeen very varied as to whether the luxuriant growth of the ivyis detrimental or not to the trees which it embraces ; for whilesome have considered that its presence is a benefit, and particu-larly in severe winters, others have held that the compressioncaused by the long and closely adhering branches impairs the 64 ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. vigour and stunts the growth of the tree. The belief that theivy, like the mistletoe, draws its nourishment from the tree isnow no longer held, as it has been satisfactorily proved that theso-called rootlets (or, as they are perhaps more expressivelytermed by De Candolle, crampons) which we see thrown out fromthe clinging stems do not drain the sap of the supporting tree,but must be regarded as a beautifu
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