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Show POISON IVY VIRGINIA CREEPER. As many do not know the difference dif-ference between Poison Ivy and Virginia Creeper, we herewith give the illustrations of both, taken from Vick's Magazine. Any one by a little care can distinguish dis-tinguish those plants. The Poison ! Ivy has three leaflets, which are thin, lig;ht-green, and without gloss, m while the veining is not conspicuous. The Ampelopsis has five leaflets, of a darker green than the Poison Ivy, with very prominent ribs and veins, and are quite glossy, as if varnished. The Ampelopsis or Virginia Creeper is such a useful plant that we regret it should get a bad name by being associated in the minds of any with-an entirely different species, so we had our artists procure plants and make ngravings of both, in doing which they had to handle the poisonous kind carefully, and even then complained of unpleasant results. No one, we think, with the description descrip-tion and engravings before them, need make a mistake. |