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dark green with the disk slightly mottled, and with an 

 irregular, narrow, silvery margin. /. a. argentea ele- 

 gantissima is much like it except that the central part of 

 the leaf is dark green with gray blotches, and has a 

 margin of creamy white. The foliage of /. a. argentea 

 medio-picta is dark green at the edges with a large central 

 blotch of creamy white. /. a. aurea latifolia is also a 

 broad-leaved variety with well-developed spines, the disk 

 marked with pale green, and having a narrow, irregular, 

 golden edge. /. a. aurea maculata has golden-spotted 

 foliage, and a leaf-blade with creamy-yellow centre sur- 

 rounded with a creamy-white border. It is a very distinct 

 variety and very showy. /. a. a^lrea picta latifolia, popu- 

 larly known as the " golden milk-maid," has long leaves 

 with spines variable in condition, and disk irregularly 

 marked by a long yellow blotch, with irregular, narrow, 

 glossy margin. This is one of the very best. /. a. aurea 

 regina, known as the " golden queen," is a variety in 

 which the leaves are usually much mottled with gray and 

 green, with a broad, well-defined, continuous margin of 

 deep yellow. This is a handsome form and claimed to be 

 the finest of the golden-edged series. /. a. ferox ar- 

 gentea, known as the " silver-striped hedgehog " holly, 

 has deep green leaves bristling with stiff spines towards 

 the front and edges. The margins are creamy white. 7. 

 a. handsworthensis shows much longer leaves than most 

 others, and they are bordered with very strong white 

 spines. The disk is mottled with green, and there is a 

 distinct margin of creamy white. /. a. wateriana has 

 leaves oblong-ovate, and disk of dark green, mottled often 



