I. Aquifolium Varieties 



Godfrey, the leaves are about 2 inches long, flat, 

 with a very regular marginal series of strongly- 

 developed spines, in this respect somewhat 

 resembling " Handsworth New Silver;" the 

 leaves have a mottled green centre, and a broad 

 creamy white margin. It is one of the berry 

 bearing forms. 



I. A. argentea marginata latifolia = latifolia 

 argentea. This comes near Silver Queen 

 but has shorter leaves, with bold striking 

 variegation. The bark of the young shoots 

 is purple. The leaves are broadly-ovate, 2 

 inches long by ij inches broad, with a purple 

 petiole, the disk dark green, very much mottled 

 with green and grey, and with an irregular 

 creamy white margin, here and there broadish, 

 the edge armed with rather narrow wavy spines, 

 variable in position. 



I. A. argentea marginata major. A bold 

 vigorous growing variety with green bark. The 

 leaves are ovate or oblong, 3^ to 4 inches long, 

 with much divaricate, large, triangular spines ; 

 the surface is green, with a comparatively narrow 

 and rather irregular silver edge. It is a fruiting 

 variety and has a more pendulous habit than 

 I. A. argentea marginata. 



I. A. argentea marginata pectinata minor = pecti- 

 nata minor, argentea angustifolia and " Narrow- 

 leaved Silver - striped." A green barked 

 variety of free growth, dense and compact in 



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