Holly, Yew and Box 



Green- Leaved Varieties with Abnormal 

 Development of Spines 



I. A. Beetii. A very peculiar looking variety, 

 raised hi the Handsworth nurseries. It is green 

 barked, with very short, dark green, glossy 

 leaves, nearly circular in outline, about ij inches 

 long by if inches wide, strongly spinose at the 

 edge, the spines very much divaricate. The 

 leaves are stout in texture, with thickened 

 margins. This Holly is remarkably distinct in 

 character, its peculiarity being the shortness and 

 bluntness of the leaves. 



I. A. ferox = echinata of some gardens. 

 This variety, in consequence of the prickly 

 surface of its convex leaves, is commonly called 

 the Hedgehog Holly. The bark of the young 

 shoots is purple. The leaves are ovate-oblong 

 or narrowly ovate, 2 inches to 2j inches long, 

 much acuminate, with strongly developed, divari- 

 cate, marginal spines, the surface, which is more 

 or less convex, being echinate or furnished with 

 stiff erect bristles, whence the name of Hedgehog 

 Holly which is applied to it. The acuminately 

 spiny apex and the convex, echinately spiny surface 

 of the leaves of this variety are its chief distin- 

 guishing features. It grows to a considerable size. 



I. A. hastata = latispina minor, latispina 

 pygmsea, latispina nana, and kewensis. A very 

 distinct, small-leaved Holly, sent out by Messrs 



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