I. Aquifolium Varieties 



ovate leaves i\ to 3 inches long and \\ to ij 

 inches wide, armed on the margins with strongly 

 developed, divaricate spines. The surface is 

 mottled with yellow and green on the disk and 

 there is a golden margin which varies considerably 

 in width sometimes being reduced to a mere line 

 whilst at others it extends almost to the mid-rib. 

 Occasionally whole leaves assume a rich golden 

 colour. It is a very effective and ornamental 

 variety. 



I. A. muricata = bicolor. This is a green- 

 barked variety with ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 acuminate leaves which vary from if to 2j inches 

 in length and from f to i inch in breadth. The 

 leaves are moderately flat and spiny, the spines 

 being short and fairly evenly distributed along 

 the margins, the majority pointing in one direction. 

 The disk is dark green, heavily streaked or 

 blotched with grey or greenish yellow, the 

 marginal band being of irregular width, generally 

 widening about the apex, and yellow tinged with 

 green. Mr Moore kept "bicolor " as a distinct 

 variety, saying that it was near " muricata." I 

 have however failed to detect sufficient variation 

 to warrant the two names being kept up. 



L A. myrtifolia aurea = myrtifolia aureo- 

 marginata, striped serratifolia, pectinata aureo- 

 marginata. This is a distinct golden Holly with 

 small glossy leaves and purple bark. The leaves 

 are lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, about ij to 2 



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