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Japanese type in having leaves up to 4 or 5 ins. long, and a minutely ciliate 

 calyx. It is apparently quite hardy. There is a line of minute down on the 

 midrib above, and the young plants at Coombe Wood have the leaves incon- 

 spicuously toothed perhaps a juvenile character only. 



I. PER ADO, Alton. 



(Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, t. 549.) 



An evergreen tree, hardy in the warmer parts of the kingdom, with deep 

 green leathery leaves of variable shape, oval, ovate or obovate ; 3 to 5 ins. 

 long, i^ to 2?r ins. wide ; sometimes entire, sometimes with spiny teeth, the 

 apex often blunt or rounded. Berries deep red, roundish oval, \ in. in diameter, 

 on stalks about as much long, crowded in the leaf-axils. 



Native of the Canary Islands and the Azores ; cultivated in Britain since 

 1760. It thrives very well in the Isle of Wight and in Ireland, and no doubt 

 elsewhere, but like I. platyphylla is confounded with I. Aquifolium. It may 

 have hybridised with that species, and thus become a parent of some of the 

 large-leaved, less spiny garden hollies. It differs from I. Aquifolium in the 

 distinctly winged leaf-stalk, at each side of which beneath there is a groove. 

 The spines also are much shorter. 



I. PERNYI, Franchet. 



An evergreen small tree, occasionally 20 to 30 ft. high in a wild state, more 

 often a shrub half as high ; branches stiff, densely furnished with leaves, and 

 clothed with a short dense pubescence when young. Leaves squarish at the 

 base, with a long triangular apex and two large spines, and often a smaller one, 

 at each side ; f to 2 ins. long, to I in. wide ; dark glossy green, leathery ; 

 stalk T l ;j in. long, at first downy like the young shoot. Flowers pale yellow, 

 produced in minute axillary clusters, the sepals roundish and edged with 

 minute hairs. Fruit stalkless or nearly so, red, roundish oblong, \ in. 

 diameter. 



Native of Central and W. China ; discovered in 1858 by the Abbe Perny ; 

 introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch in 1900. It appears to be widely 

 spread and common in certain parts of China. It bears most resemblance to 

 I. cornuta, but its smaller leaves, with the apices much more elongated, and 

 its downy shoots distinguish it. Its habit, in a young state at least, is 

 slenderly pyramidal and very shapely, and altogether it is a charming addition 

 to dwarf, slow-growing evergreens. Paul Perny, after whom it is named, was 

 a courageous French missionary who worked in the province of Kiuchu 

 between 1850 and 1860. He was the first naturalist who explored that 

 province, which he is said to have originally entered in the guise of a Chinese 

 beggar. 



Var. VEITCHII, Hort, has larger and especially broader leaves. 

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I. PLATYPHYLLA, Webb. CANARY ISLAND HOLLY. 



An evergreen tree, 30 or more ft. high, of densely leafy, bushy habit, young 

 shoots minutely scurfy or downy. Leaves broadly oval, very stiff and leathery, 

 rounded or tapered at the base, usually pointed and spine-tipped at the apex, 

 3 to 6 ins. long, 2 to 3^ ins. wide ; the margins set with short spines, irregular 

 in number and size, often entire ; stalk | in. long, covered with scurfy down. 

 Fruits deep red, f- in. diameter, on stalks ^ in. long. 



Native of the Canary Islands, cultivated in Britain since 1760. From 

 I. Aquifolium it is not very easy to distinguish this species in words, although 

 it is distinct enough in general appearance. Its leaves are larger and duller, 



