I. Aquifolium Varieties 



I. A. argentea regina = " Silver Queen " 

 and spinus argentea. A grand Holly, and 

 taken altogether, the best of the varieties 

 having silver-edged leaves. The bark of the 

 young wood is purplish or reddish brown. 

 The leaves are broadly ovate, 2f inches long, 

 and ij inches broad, with strongly developed 

 and tolerably evenly placed spines, which are 

 much divaricate ; the disk is of a dark green, 

 with patches of greyish-green, and there is a 

 broad irregular, but well-defined edging of 

 creamy white, which is most strongly developed 

 at the apex. Its bold leaves and well-defined, 

 striking marking fully entitle it to the first place 

 in the series to which it belongs. 



I. A. ferox argentea = " Silver-striped Hedge- 

 hog Holly." In this the leaves are of the same 

 size, shape, and spininess of the common ferox, 

 but the majority of the spines are silver coloured 

 and there is a broad and irregular margin of the 

 same colour, the disk being deep green. It is 

 an effective variety. 



I A. grandis = " Black-wooded Silver-striped." 

 Mr Moore describes two varieties as argentea 

 elegantissima one with green and the other with 

 purple bark. They are quite distinct in general 

 appearance and the dark stemmed one is known 

 now as I. A. grandis. It is a well-marked variety 

 with elliptic or elliptic ovate leaves, 2 J to 4 inches 

 long, with unequal but divaricating spines, some- 



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