Holly, Yew and Box 



I. Henderson! =1. A. Henderson!. A dis- 

 tinct sort with green bark and opaque, dark 

 green, oblong-elliptic leaves with sunken veins. 

 They are from 2j to 3^ inches long and from 

 if to 2 inches wide. The apices are usually 

 acute and the margins entire, or with a few small, 

 scattered spines. It produces large fruits but 

 not very freely. 



I. Hodginsii = I. A. Hodginsii. Several of 

 the large leaved Hollies are so similar in ap- 

 pearance that it is difficult to fix on any distin- 

 guishing marks by which to identify them. 

 Though some people declare that Hodginsii is 

 really the same as Shepherdii, there are quite as 

 many more who assert that the two plants are 

 distinct. The probability is that one plant is a 

 seedling from the other. Hodginsii, as usually 

 known, comes near to altaclarensis, the leaves 

 being darker in colour than those of Shepherdii. 

 The leaves are dark green, roundish ovate, from 

 2 f inches to 3! inches long, having bold marginal 

 spines, somewhat distant but tolerably evenly 

 disposed, or occasionally reduced to a few 

 scattered ones only. It is a female variety of 

 vigorous growth and very hardy. 



I. Hodginsii aurea=I. A. Hodginsii aurea. 

 The leaves of this are of the broadly oval form 

 of those of Hodginsii from which it is a sport. 

 The disk is conspicuously mottled with dark and 

 grey green, and there is a broad golden coloured 



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