Holly, Yew and Box 



1 A. crassifolia = serrata, " Saw - leaved 

 Holly" and -Leather-leaf Holly." It is with 

 some reluctance that we keep this as a variety of 

 I. Aquifolium for it is dissimilar to all other 

 varieties in every respect. The growth is looser, 

 individual shoots stouter, the leaves different in 

 outline and texture, exhibiting no real variation, 

 never producing sports and never showing any 

 tendency to produce leaves anything like the 

 " Common Holly," The fruit is also quite different 

 in shape, being peculiarly flattened. It is, how- 

 ever, difficult to associate it with any other species 

 and as it rarely bears fertile seeds it is almost 

 impossible to test it in that way. It has purple 

 bark and lanceolate leaves, the latter being very 

 thick in texture, ij to 2 inches long, of a dull 

 green colour, the tips often recurved, and the 

 margins furnished with prominent, dull, saw-like 

 teeth, which have a solid looking appearance 

 quite different from any other variety. It has 

 been known for upwards of a century. 



I. A. Foxii. This variety which is tolerably 

 well marked, has the bark of the young shoots 

 purple. The leaves are ovate, stoutish in texture, 

 2 to 2j inches long, with rather distant, regular, 

 plane, fully developed spines, appearing some- 

 what like ovata, but as if longer spines had been 

 added to its margin. The leaves are of a bright 

 and very glossy green. 



I A. "Oak Vale." A distinct Holly, probably 



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