224 BRITISH EVERQREKNS. 



and Evelyn say that this variety was first planted in the 

 Bishop of London's garden at Fulham, about the end of 

 the seventeenth century, and said by the above authorities 

 to have been introduced from France. 

 Ilex aqnifolium heteroTphjlhim. — The Various-leaved Common Holly: Britain. 



" " Hodginsii. — This variety is to be found in the nurseries. 



" '^ latifolium. — Broad-leaved Common Holly: Britain. 



" " laurifolium. — The Laurel-leaved Common Holly. The leaves of 



this well-marked variety ^are small, oval, lanceolate, without 

 prickles, about the size and shape of those of the Sweet 

 Bay, (Laurus nobilis.) 



" " latispina. — This variety is also to be found in the nurseries. 



" " lutescens. To be found in the nurseries. 



" " marginatum, — Thick Margined- leaved Common Holly; leaves 



without prickles, nearly as round as long: Britain, 



" " nigrescens. — This variety is to be found in the nurseries. 



" " nobilis. — This variety was first sent out by Urquhart and Sons, 



of Dundee; by some considered the same as Hodginsii, but 

 quite distinct. 



" " pendula. — Weeping Common Holly. This is an addition of no 



ordinary character to our weeping trees, so few of them 

 being evergreen. It was first found growing wild in Dalkeith 

 Park, near Edinburgh; yet according to a Mr. Joseph Good, 

 in "Gardener's and Farmer's Journal," the history of this 

 variety is as follows: — "Mr. Jessop remarked to the late 

 Mr. Loudon, who was at that time engaged in laying out 

 the arboretum at Derby, that he could show him a Weeping 

 Holly, to which Mr. Loudon replied, there was no such 

 thing in nature. Such a tree does, however exist, and 

 from Dr. Heygate, of this town, (Derby,) I learn the fol- 

 lowing particulars respecting it: — Dr. Heygate's residence has 

 been built about eighty years, and about the same time 

 a number of Hollies, of various kinds, were planted about 

 the grounds; many of them are now from twenty to thirty 

 feet high, and amongst them stands the weeping plant in 

 question. It is at the present time, 1850, twelve feet high, 

 and about fourteen feet in diameter; though much smaller 

 and more spreading than the others; it is equally thick in 

 the stem, and appears to have been planted at the same 

 time," This desirable variety is now common in every nursery 

 of any note, and in many private gardens; in those in which 

 it does not exist, we strongly recommend its introduction, 



" " platyphyllum. — This is a broad-leaved distinct variety, with 



smooth foliage, and of a dense and robust habit: Britain. 



