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prominences and prickles, it has a curious appearance, not unaptly 
compared to that of a hedgehog. This sort is said, by Bradley and 
Evelyn, to have been first planted in the Bishop of London’s gar- 
den, at Fulham, about the end of the seventeenth century, by 
his gardener, Mr. George London, who is supposed to have intro- 
duced it from France. According to Miller, who thought it a distinct 
species, it reproduces itself from seed. 
2 I. A. 14 crassifolium Hort. (fig. 178.) The thick-leaved common 
mF. 
Holly. 
A. 15 senéscens Sweet. The aged, or spineless, common Holly 
B. Varieties designated from the Colours of the Leaf. 
2 I. A. variegdtum Hort. The variegated-leaved common Holly.— Under 
the general name of variegated hollies, twenty or thirty varieties, 
some of them with, and some of them without, popular names, are 
obtainable in the principal London nurseries. Having examined and 
compared the different shades of variegation in the plants in the very 
complete collection of Messrs. Loddiges, we think they may be all 
included in the following groups : — 
2 I. A. 16 dlbo-margindtum Hort. The white-edged-leaved common 
Holly. — Of this variety the subvarieties in Loddiges’s arboretum 
are marked 5, 15, 18, and 24, which have all long and narrow 
leaves, with edgings of white or pale yellow along their margins ; 
and 4, 6, 7, 12, 17, 22, 23, and 28, which have larger leaves, and 
a greater breadth of margin variegated; the white or pale yellow 
forming in some cases one third, or even one. half, of the surface of 
the leaf. 
2 I. A. 17 atreo-marginatum Hort. The gold-edged-leaved common 
soy 
Holly.—The following subvarieties are in Messrs. Loddiges’s arbo- 
retum. Nos. 19 and 20 with dark yellow margins; and Nos. 1, 2, 
8, 9, 10, 13, and 29, with margins of dark and light yellow. Another 
subdivision of this group consists of plants with broad leaves, in 
what may be called a transition state from green to variegated, 
viz., with greenish yellow or very pale green blotches or margins. 
When such plants become old they are generally very distinctly 
variegated with yellow. Examples in the Hackney arboretum are 
Nos. 3, 20, and 21. ; 
A. 18 dlbo-pictum. Hort. The white-spotted-leaved common Holly, 
or Milkmaid Holly. — This variety has a considerable portion of 
the centre of the disk of the leaf white, and of a somewhat trans- 
parent appearance; the edges of-the disk of the leaf being green. 
