Holly, Yew and Box 



cultivation ; it has very wide leaves, and has been 

 called I. Fortunei. Another ornamental variety 

 is I. c. variegata, a form with golden variegated 

 leaves. I. c. Mariesii is a very distinct, slow- 

 growing variety. It has roundish leaves, and a 

 very stiff habit with crowded foliage. 



Figures of I. crenata and varieties are given in 

 LozsenersMonographiaAquifoliacearum, t. 4,/[ 2. 



In the Coombe Wood nursery of Messrs Veitch 

 a new Chinese plant is to be seen which bears a 

 striking resemblance to a strong growing plant 

 of I. crenata. It however differs by its looser 

 and more vigorous habit, larger and rounder, 

 glossier leaves, prominent buds, very pubescent 

 branches and very minute stipules. The stipules 

 are distinctly different, those in the present plant 

 being mere dots whilst those of I. crenata are 

 large for the genus. It will probably turn out to 

 be I. yunnanensis, Franc het, or a form of that 

 species. See illustration in group of new 

 Chinese species. 



I. corallina, Franchet. At first sight this 

 species bears some resemblance to I. Aquifolium 

 chinensis ; it, however, differs by having larger 

 leaves with curiously arranged spines, the latter 

 pointing in several distinct directions, some being 

 turned back in a rather curious manner. The 

 leaves are evergreen, 4 to 6 inches long by i to 

 \\ inches wide with an acuminate apex. Both 

 branches and leaves have a very smooth 



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