I. platyphylla 



margin. It is of bold habit and very effective. 

 Mr Moore records it as having been sent to him 

 by the Lawson Nursery and Seed Company. 



I. Hodginsii King Edward VII." This variety 

 was put into commerce by Messrs Little 

 and Ballantyne in 1898. It is a hardy and 

 effective plant answering to the description of 

 I. H. aurea, and it is possible that the plant Mr 

 Moore describes under that name is the same 

 variety, for it never seems to have become 

 generally known as I. H. aurea. This variety 

 was awarded a first class certificate by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. 



I. Lawsoniana =1. A. Lawsoniana and 

 Lawsoniana variegata. This is really a varie- 

 gated form of I. Hendersoni. It is a conspicu- 

 ous sort, not only on account of the size of the 

 leaves, but also for the bold and striking markings 

 of their surface. It has the young bark of a 

 reddish brown. The leaves ovate or bluntly 

 elliptical, 2j to 3! inches long, the margins 

 distantly but tolerably evenly spined and nearly 

 or quite plane ; they are of an opaque green, the 

 central or discal portions marked with broad 

 bands or blotches of yellow, very variable in 

 shape, but often occupying the greater part of 

 the surface on one side the costa, the marginal 

 portions green, showing two shades. Occasion- 

 ally the spines are more numerous than in our 

 figure (about 10 on each side), and sometimes 



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