I. Aquifolium Varieties 



width, sometimes measuring 2f inches by i| 

 inches ; they are dark green, somewhat twisted 

 near the point, and either entire or (intermixed on 

 the same twigs) distinctly spinose, very rarely 

 but occasionally spiny throughout ; the spines, 

 when present, are strongly developed and divari- 

 cate, generally distant, and always irregularly dis- 

 posed. It is a free-growing and effective Holly. 



I. A. integrifolia = senescens, rotundifolia. 

 In this variety the bark is purple, and the leaves 

 ovate, entire, thick in texture, with a somewhat 

 thickened margin, dark green, 2 inches long and 

 i inch broad, having a slight twist, the point 

 being sometimes acute, as in the annexed figure, 

 sometimes bluntly rounded. It has something of 

 the character of scotica, but the leaves are not 

 so decidedly rounded or twisted, and they are 

 also somewhat larger. The Lawson Company's 

 rotundifolia, as contributed to Mr Moore, does 

 not appear to present any tangible difference 

 from the variety known as integrifolia. 



I. A. laurifolia= " Smooth-leaved Holly." A 

 well-marked and well-known variety, one of the 

 commonest and best of the entire-leaved type, 

 but, like most others, varying a good deal in the 

 actual armature of selected leaves. The plant is 

 of erect, tall growth, but rather open and irregular, 

 a fault which, however, can be remedied by the 

 use of the knife. The bark is dark purple. 

 The leaves also are of a dark green hue, and 

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