140 Ornamental Shrubs. 



in sectional streaks with yellowish-green and grayish- 

 green, with broad but irregular marginal bands of deep 

 golden yellow, not continuous, being sometimes wholly 

 golden and at others partly so. This is a dwarf shrub 

 and very beautiful. There are many others almost or 

 quite equally good, but this list will certainly answer all 

 practical purposes. 



As already indicated, there are numerous species of the 

 ilex which are natives of Japan, and known to be among 

 the most interesting and beautiful members of the family. 

 The best descriptions of these are furnished by Prof. 

 Sargent, first published in Garden and Forest, and later 

 incorporated in his book on the Flora of Japan. The 

 descriptions of those which follow are largely compiled 

 from that excellent treatise ; and I take this method of 

 according the distinguished author due credit. 



/. latifolia is declared by Prof. Sargent to be the most 

 beautiful of all the Japanese hollies, though there are a 

 much greater number indigenous to that country than to 

 any other, for while America has but four species Japan 

 has no less than eleven. /. latifolia as known in this 

 country is but a good-sized shrub, while in the land of its 

 nativity it sometimes grows into a tree from fifty to sixty 

 feet high. It may not have been long enough with us 

 to become fully developed, but it is doubted if in this 

 climate it will ever be seen in such proportions. The 

 foliage is especially attractive, the leaves being about 

 six inches long and three or four wide, very thick, dark 

 green, and exceedingly lustrous. The fruit is described 

 as brilliant scarlet and ripening in late autumn or early 



