112 NOTES ON THE VARIETIES OF ENGLISH HOLLY. 
nurseries only one plant reproduced the variegation, the others reverted 
to the type. Some years ago I met with a beautiful Holly, with broad 
prickly leaves, in the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, which the late 
Mr. McNab informed me was raised from the Ilew Perado hybridised 
with the English Holly. In a recent correspondence with Mr. James 
McNab, he obligingly furnished me with leaves of several seedlings still 
growing there, raised from the Г. Perado, supposed to be fertilised with 
the English Holly, a large flowering plant of which was growing in the 
immediate vicinity. It is interesting to note the variation of these 
seedlings. Not one has the smooth entire leaves of the female parent 
(Т. Perado), but all bear more or less resemblance to the English Holly. 
One is scarcely distinguishable. from the latter; another has almost 
ovate leaves; а third, large broad leaves 3 to 4 inches in diameter; 
while the young shoots of a fourth are of a purplish hue. Some of 
these varieties are reported to be less hardy than the English Holly, 
which unfortunately diminishes their value for cold, exposed situations. 
It is worthy of remark that the green varieties seem in many cases 
to repeat themselves as to form in both a gold and silver dress; and I 
willingly indulge the hope, that at no distant period some at least of 
those splendid acquisitions of modern times, as T. latifolia and I. Tarajo, 
may, by the skill of the hybridiser or cultivator, or by some natural 
freak, be brought to assume distinctly variegated forms. 
Loudon observes (Arb. et Frut. Brit: p. 506) that the collections of 
Hollies in the time of Miller appear from his lists to have been more 
extensive, and to have been attended to with much more care than they 
are at present. 
| There are fine specimens of the Gold Holly at the Grange, Hoddes- 
on, the residence of the Rev. C. G. Chittenden, growing on a gravelly 
ground. ў The Silvers were 
Hum Ve are gradually recovering. There is still a magnificent 
ашу. xd | hg Holly, probably matchless for size and beauty, 
Cross. Tt js 40 fee 80 ше Misses Harman's, Theobalds, near Waltham 
aud P dE E уа з 80 feet in diameter at the base, and 
v the subsoil ER vered with berries, The soil here is sand or 
ere exists а diffe: Ea 
Мааш Hollies, aioe of Opinion as to the best season for trans- 
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кз чї, New, d ree Dg ly in autumn; and others again late in 
but am in favour ОЁ early au Ben. tls Ион E ыгар 
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E: roots, and looking for more 
weather is showery at the time and immediately 
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tet the work is done, The Holly in a young state likes the shade, 
