Holly, Yew and Box 



called I. A. rigida marginata similar to this 

 except that it had green bark. 



I. A. aurea marginata ovata. This is a dis- 

 tinct variety with reddish brown young wood. 

 The leaves are ovate, with strongly developed and 

 tolerably regular spines ; the disk is mottled green 

 and grey and there is a broad pale yellow edge. 

 The broad outline of the leaves and their strongly 

 spiny margins, together with the amount of col- 

 ouration, renders this a very desirable variety for 

 ornamental plantations. 



I. A. aurea marginata pallida. A green-barked 

 variety with ovate leaves, 2 to 2^ inches long, 

 and weak and irregular spines. The disk is 

 mottled green, the border greenish-yellow and 

 narrow at the base merging into a broad yellow 

 border at the apex. 



I. A. aurea marginata salicifolia = salicifolium 

 foliis aureis marginatis. A curious, dwarf, slow 

 growing Holly with every small, lanceolate 

 leaves about an inch long and J to J of an inch 

 wide. The disk is green streaked with a few 

 lines of grey, the spines and narrow border being 

 pale yellow, while the whole tip of the leaf and 

 frequently half the surface is also yellow. The 

 bark of the young shoots is purplish. It is very 

 distinct from other varieties. 



I. A. aurea marginata stricta = stricta aurea 

 marginata. This variety belongs to the purple 

 barked series. The leaves are oblong or elliptic, 



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