This famous classical plant thrives remarkably well in Virginia. The writer has seen churches and other old buildings in that State as beautifully covered as in the old world. Further south it is often seen in fair beauty, though generally only on the north side of buildings, or on places where the winter's sun does not strike warmly on them. But they are admirably adapted to use as pot or tub plants, and for this there are many remarkably interesting varieties. It is not generally known that if the fruiting branches are propagated from, the plant will assume an arborescent growth, and they may be trained to a stem which forms a head like a Kilmarnock willow, and then flowers and has a profusion of beautiful black berries, than which nothing can well be more ornamental. A few years ago, the late John Jay Smith, of German-town, had a fine plant of this character which bore yellow berries, and now we hear a red berried variety has been discovered in Europe. If some little trouble were taken by an enterprising florist, to introduce ivies in this shape to the American public, they would probably be appreciated.