Holly, Yew and Box 



I. A. myrtifolia aureo-maculata. This is a 

 bright looking variety with the bark of the 

 young wood purple. The leaves are ovate, an 

 inch to an inch and a half long, stout in texture, 

 of a glossy dark green, distinctly marked by 

 broad clearly defined blotches of deep yellow in 

 the centre or disk, the markings very variable 

 in form and arrangement ; the margin is furnished 

 with numerous even spines, which are developed 

 in the plane of the leaf or nearly so. It is one of 

 the handsomer of the small Hollies. 



I. A. scotica aureo-picta = scotica aurea and 

 scurtica picta. A handsome variety that origin- 

 ated in the Cheshunt Nursery of Mr Paul. Its 

 leaves are similar in outline and texture, with 

 the same thick margin as I. A. scotica, but the 

 disks are heavily blotched or striped with gold. 

 Sometimes the gold colour predominates over 

 the green, the latter being merely a narrow, 

 irregular margin, but more often green and gold 

 are fairly evenly represented. The green colour- 

 ing is usually of two shades, a deep olive on 

 the outer part with yellowish green patches 

 where the gold is joined. It is a neat growing 

 Holly and worthy of extended culture. 



I A. serratifolia aureo maculata = Gold-blotched 

 serratifolia. A minute - leaved, gold-blotched 

 variety with purple bark. The leaves are 

 lanceolate, an inch to an inch and a half long, 

 and barely half an inch broad, with a few 



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