I. Aquifolium Varieties 



I. A. aurea marginata crispa = crispa mar- 

 ginata. This is one of the many forms of 

 aurea marginata and is not very distinct. Mr 

 Moore describes it as bearing considerable re- 

 semblance to I. A. aurea marginata intermedia 

 in size and form of leaf, but the leaf is of an 

 opaque green, and the edge is unequally bordered 

 with dull yellow ; it is also very much divaricate 

 the spines being often reduced. The bark of 

 the young wood is brownish. 



I A. aurea marginata fructu-luteo = fructu- 

 luteo aurea variegata, " Yellow-berried Varie- 

 gated " and " Gold-striped Variegated." This 

 is a green barked variety with bold, ovate 

 leaves, 2j to 3 inches long, coarsely and rather 

 distantly spined, the spines strongly divaricate. 

 The colour of the disk is green, blotched with 

 grey, the edge being greenish-yellow or yellow 

 broken with green, not remarkable for clearness 

 or distinctness of marking. Indeed, apart from 

 its very distinct yellow fruit, it is, as a variegated 

 shrub, not by any means an attractive sort. 



I. A. aurea marginata intermedia = intermedia 

 aurea marginata. A neat golden Holly with 

 brownish young bark, and ovate leaves. The 

 largest of the latter are about 2 inches long 

 and an inch broad, the disk dark green or 

 mottled, the golden margin broadest at the tips 

 and the spines broad and strongly developed. 

 Mr Moore records a variety from Ochtertyre 



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