I. Aquifolium Varieties 



or lanceolate, of a shining green, i inches 

 rarely 2 inches long, and from J to f of an inch 

 broad, margined with long, weak, regularly placed 

 spines, which form a kind of fringe to the edge. 



I. A. compacta. A small-leaved sort, with 

 the bark dark purple ; the leaves shortly ovate, 

 from a broad base, about ij inches long by f 

 inch broad, spiny throughout, with the spines 

 comparatively bold, and with a strongly divaricate 

 undulation. It is a distinct-looking form. 



I. A. handsworthensis. This is a green 

 barked variety, which originated in the Hands- 

 worth Nurseries of Messrs Fisher & Co. The 

 leaves are ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, of a glossy 

 green, if inches in length, and about J inch in 

 breadth, with numerous thickly-set marginal 

 spines, which are projected forwards towards the 

 apex of the leaf, and are moderately divaricate. 



I. A. lineata. This is the smallest-leaved 

 form of the " Common Holly" which we have 

 met with. It is a mere curiosity, and is apt to 

 run out into vigorous branches, so that no doubt 

 it originated as so many varieties have done in a 

 sporting branch. The bark is green ; the leaves 

 narrow lanceolate, f inch long, flat, evenly edged 

 with minute spines. 



I. A. microphylla = angustifolia minor. A 

 small-leaved sort, forming a compact diminutive 

 bush. The bark is purple ; the leaves lanceolate, 

 flat, of a shining green, furnished along the 



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