A correspondent from Dunreith, Ind., asks : "Does the common English ivy often bloom freely? The form I have in mind is largely planted in the forests in England and Scotland, and the commonest seen in this country. I recently saw a large old plant in a 12-inch pot, growing at the end of an old greenhouse - inside - that has sported into a different leaf (sample enclosed), and different habit of growth, shrubby, and not vining, and I am told the sport, as well as plants propagated from it, are very free bloomers, flower clear yellow, nearly 2 inches in diameter. I have a plant of the sport about 15 inches high, in a 4-inch pot, not pot-bound, that has several flower buds on it".

[All plants have somewhat different foliage when young than when mature. For instance, the honeysuckle, paper mulberry and holly are familiar instances. The younger leaves are pointed and more angular. In the holly the mature leaves often cease to be prickly. In the ivy the usually halbert-shaped leaves often become almost round when the plant reaches the flowering stage, and cuttings or grafts taken from flowering branches maintain the round-leaved, shrubby condition. It is not a sport, in the ordinary meaning of that term, but a perpetuation of the flowering condition. - Ed. G. M].