She had put back the wild hair that used to fly about her face until her father called her "An owl in an ivy bush" and her mother admonished her that her "head was like a mop."
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The ivy is especially prized here, and is picturesquely trained to hang gracefully about the architraves of the windows.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
With the exception of a small chapel and a solitary tower which remain intact, the castle is in ruins; only a few fragments of walls, thickly covered with ivy, are standing.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse