Other Evergreen Hollies 



it as being hardy in the Horticultural Society's 

 garden, and as having stood the winter of 1837-8. 

 It forms a moderate-sized tree, with oval leaves 

 which are often blunt at the apex. They vary 

 considerably in size, sometimes attaining a length 

 of 6 inches and a width of 3 to 4 inches, or 

 again they may be little more than half that size. 

 They are dark green in colour, often entire, but 

 sometimes have the margins armed with short, 

 spiny teeth. The fruits are large, deep red, or 

 sometimes almost black, and borne in dense 

 axillary clusters. It is quite likely that it has 

 been used as a parent in the production of some 

 of the garden Hollies. Madeira is given as its 

 home, but it is also found in N. Africa. The 

 date of its introduction to English gardens is 

 said to have been 1760, the introducer being a 

 Mr James Gordon. 



I. Pernyi, Franchet. This is without doubt 

 one of the most interesting of the hardy ever- 

 green species. It was named in honour of the 

 French Missionary, Paul Perny, of the Missions 

 Etrangeres Provicaire apostolique in Kuichou 

 1850 to 1860. He was the first botanical and 

 zoological explorer of the province of Kuichou, 

 and his first entry to the province was in the 

 disguise of a Chinese beggar. The species was 

 first described by M. Franchet upwards of twenty 

 years ago, and in 1886 a figure and description 

 appeared in Hooker s I cones Plantarum, t. 1539. 

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