Holly, Yew and Box 



is the first record we have been able to obtain of 

 a weeping variety. 



I. A. var. Robinsoniana. This is a very 

 distinct green-leaved form with very ferocious 

 spines. The leaves are deep green and glossy, 

 3 inches long, and barely i inch in width. The 

 margins are undulated, and divided up into 

 numerous divaricate spines often J an inch in 

 length, sometimes standing out straight from the 

 margins, at others bent downwards at right angles 

 with the leaf, and at other times turned upwards 

 at the same angle. It is one of the lesser known 

 varieties, and is worth including in select lists. 



Varieties with Small, Evenly Spined 

 Green Leaves 



I. A. angustifolia = my rti folia stricta. An 

 elegant growing variety of narrow pyramidal 

 habit, the bark green or purplish, the leaves 

 lanceolate, or lanceolate ovate, about ij inches 

 long and J an inch broad, shining green, with a 

 longish, entire point, and narrow weakish regular 

 marginal spines, from about five to seven on each 

 side of the leaf, and lying in the same plane. It 

 comes near myrtifolia, but has narrower spines, 

 and the elongated entire apex, as shown in the 

 figure marked A, is in general well defined. 



I. A. ciliata. = ciliata minor and pyramidalis. 

 A pretty variety of pyramidal habit and neat 

 growth. The bark is purplish ; the leaves ovate 



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