Holly, Yew and Box 



inches long, with unequal and irregular spines, 

 which are sometimes a good deal divaricated, and 

 at other times nearly plane ; they have a disk of 

 dark mottled green, the central parts being freely 

 marked with grey and yellow-green, while the 

 edge, which is of a pale golden yellow, is often 

 broad and usually well defined, though occasion- 

 ally running in on broadish patches. It is one of 

 the best small-leaved golden forms. 



I. A. myrtifolia elegans = serrata elegans mar- 

 ginata and " De Smet's Holly." A narrow- 

 leaved golden-edged form with reddish-brown 

 bark. The leaves are lanceolate, i| inches long, 

 with rather distant and distinct spines, which are 

 somewhat wavy ; the ordinary colour is a greenish 

 centre with a narrowish golden edge, but the 

 leaves are sometimes either partially or wholly 

 golden. 



I. A. repanda. A peculiar-looking green-barked 

 variety, with broadly ovate leaves, 2j to 3 

 inches long, sometimes almost entire, sometimes 

 broadest towards the apex, usually with a sinuate 

 or repand margin, the projecting parts of which 

 occasionally terminate in a short imperfect angular 

 tooth, these teeth being distant and unequally 

 placed. The surface is dark green, slightly mottled, 

 and bordered with a nearly obsolete yellow margin. 



I. A. rubricaulis aurea. This is a variety with 

 rather short but wide leaves, peculiar for its 

 reddish brown bark, leaf stalks, and red tinged 



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