I. Aquifolium Varieties 



the following appear to be the most likely. I. 

 A. ferox, fructu-luteo, pendula, serratifolia, aurea 

 marginata, argentea marginata, donningtonensis, 

 whittinghamensis, argenteo medio-picta, aureo 

 medio-picta, and probably one or two other entire 

 leaved and variegated ones. 



The distinct variety known as elliptica, which 

 is much nearer I. dipyrena in all particulars than 

 I. Aquifolium, should be placed under that species 

 as it fits I. dipyrena in the opaque colouring of 

 the leaves, the spines, wood, shape of fruit and 

 time of flowering. 



One of the most difficult Hollies to account 

 for is that known as I. A. crassifolia, and it is 

 probable that it may be a species of which the 

 history is lost, for it differs materially from all 

 forms of I. Aquifolium, growth, leafage and fruit, 

 being very distinct and uniform in character, little 

 or no variation occurring. No particulars of its 

 origin can be found, and the first notice of it that 

 I have been able to procure is in Hanbury's 

 Complete Book of Gardening, 1770, where it is 

 called the " Saw-leaved Holly " and described as 

 follows. " Saw-leaved Holly is a kind very 

 different from any of the other sorts. The leaves 

 are as long as any of the sorts, very narrow, and 

 of a thick substance. Their edges are formed 

 into the likeness of a saw, though they are not 

 very sharp and prickly. This is a very scarce 

 and valuable Holly, and is by all admired." 

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