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broadly oblong-ovate, slightly spiny leaves, and large 

 crimson-red berries that ripen late in autumn. I. Aqui- 

 folium Hodginsii aurea is a sub- variety with a broad golden 

 margin to the leaves, and the disc splashed with grey. 

 Beautiful and distinct is I. Aquifolium Lawsoniana, with 

 ovate, flat, almost spineless leaves, heavily and irregularly 

 blotched with yellow in the centre. The berries are of a 

 brilliant red. The variety differs from Milkmaid in having 

 flat, nearly entire leaves. I. Aquifolium pendula has a wide, 

 rounded, drooping head, but otherwise does not differ from 

 the type. Many others bear berries, but the above are all 

 very distinct forms. 



I. OPACA. American Holly. United States, 1744. The 

 leaves of this species are oblong or oval, small, spiny- 

 serrate, and of a dark opaque green. The berries, which 

 ripen in autumn, are small, bright red, and very liable 

 to be eaten by birds. In America this Holly is put to 

 precisely the same purposes as the common Holly is in 

 Europe. It is perfectly hardy here. 



Illicium (Magnoliaceae), 



ILLICIUM FLORIDANUM, from Florida (1771), is a beautiful 

 but uncommon shrub, probably on account of its being 

 tender and susceptible to injury by frost, unless in the 

 warmer and more favoured parts of the country. The 

 fragrant flowers are of a purplish-rose or deep red, while 

 the foliage is neat and of a pleasing green. 



I. ANISATUM (syn I. religiosum), from China and Japan 

 (1842), with yellowish-white flowers and smooth, entire 

 leaves, is too tender for outdoor culture in this country. 



Indigofera (Leguminosae)* 



INDIGOFEEA GERARDIANA (syn I. floribunda and /. Dosua). 

 India, 1842. This forms a compact dwarf bush in the 

 open, but is still better suited for covering a wall, the 



