I. Aquifolium Varieties 



a chance hybrid, which originated in Messrs G. 

 Cunningham & Son's nursery. It is of vigorous 

 habit and is conspicuous by reason of its deep 

 green colour and uniformly shaped leaves. 

 These are from 3 to 3! inches long and if to 2 

 inches wide, evenly armed with moderate sized 

 spines most of which lie in the same plane. 

 The apex is acute. 



I. A. oblata. Under this name we have 

 received a distinct form from Messrs Little & 

 Ballantyne. In shape the leaves are very like 

 those of ovata but are only from i J to i inches 

 long and f inch wide. They are broadly ovate, 

 with short, evenly disposed spines and are of a 

 bright green colour, so differing from ovata which 

 is dark green. 



I. A. ovata. A remarkably distinct Holly, 

 having the bark of the young shoots purple, and 

 the leaves of a deep opaque green. The leaves 

 are of moderate and fairly even size about 2j 

 inches long, ovate, very thick in texture, with 

 regular, angular, scarcely spiny teeth, the sinuses 

 between the teeth being even more regular and 

 pronounced than in the illustration. It is a slow 

 growing variety, but so distinct that it should 

 never be omitted in making a selection of dis- 

 similar forms. Usually little variation is detected 

 in the leaves, but occasionally, on old specimens, 

 branches bearing typical "Common Holly" 

 leaves are to be found. 



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