Holly, Yew and Box 



with a moderately wide golden margin most con- 

 spicuously developed about the apex, whilst 

 sometimes whole branches develop golden leaves 

 with no trace of green. 



I. A. walthamensis. A variety with very 

 strongly developed spines for the size of the leaf, 

 which is only about i J inches in length. It is of 

 elliptic form with the spines much divaricated. 

 The disk is mottled and streaked with yellowish 

 green, and it has a broad and conspicuous yellow 

 margin. The bark of the young shoots is reddish 

 brown. 



I. A. Watereriana = "Waterer's Gold," 

 " Waterer's Gold-striped," nana aurea variegata, 

 aureum pumilum, and compacta aurea. This is 

 one of the most distinct and easily recognised of 

 the numerous golden variegated Hollies, and in 

 addition one of the most ornamental. 1 1 is specially 

 adapted for a position where a close, neat, slow- 

 growing variety is required, being naturally 

 compact, slow-growing and dense, needing very 

 little pruning. 1 1 is very rarely that a really vigorous 

 leading shoot is formed. The bark of the young 

 shoots is green, striped with greenish yellow. 

 The leaves vary in shape and size, and may be 

 either oblong, ovate or obovate, and often oblique. 

 They measure from i J to 2j inches in length, and 

 from i to ij inches in width. The spines are 

 usually few in number, and produced at irregular 

 intervals, and are never strongly developed. 



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