17 1 2 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



G. Variegated Hollies. 

 Many of the variegated hollies have been mentioned above, where they are 

 placed with the green varieties, which they resemble. Of these the most useful for 

 ornament are var. Watereriana (see No. 29), var. aurea regina (see No. 22), and var. 

 argentea marginata pendula (see No. 1). A few remain to be noticed. 



33. Var. aureo-marginata, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 508 (1838). Leaves 

 like the common holly, but yellow in margin, with the centre of the blade showing 

 various shades of green. This includes a considerable number of sub-varieties, the 

 most noteworthy of which are var. aureo-marginata angustifolia and var. aureo- 

 marginata bromeliafolia. 



34. Var. albo-marginata, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 508 (1838). Leaves 

 like the common holly, but with a silvery white or cream-coloured margin. Of the 

 numerous sub-varieties, the best are var. argentea regina, " Silver Queen," and var. 

 handsworthensis argenteo-variegata, " Handsworth New Silver Holly." 



35. Var. aureo-picta, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 509 (1838). 



This variety, which is usually known as var. aurea medio-picta, or " Gold 

 Milkmaid," has leaves like the common holly in shape, but with their centre 

 irregularly marked with a large golden yellow blotch. 



36. Var. lutescens, Petzold and Kirchner, Arb. Muse. 350 (1864). 



Var. flavescens, Moore, in Gard. Chron. vi. 616 (1876). 



Leaves like the common holly in size and shape, but differing in having a soft 

 yellow tinge when young, which usually lasts throughout the season, but is best 

 marked on the side of the tree which is most exposed to the light. This beautiful 

 variety is known as Moonlight Holly, the dark central mass of green foliage with 

 light yellow terminal shoots giving the effect of a shrub seen by moonlight. 



Hybrids 



The following, which are usually considered to be varieties of the common holly, 

 are of hybrid origin, the parents being probably /. balearica and I. Aquifolium. 1 

 These hybrids are not known to produce branches which revert to the type of the 

 common holly. They are vigorous trees, characterised by large leaves, with the 

 margins flat or much less undulate than in the case of /. Aquifolium, the spinous 

 teeth being also less sinuate, in these characters approaching /. balearica. 



I. Leaves conspicuously reticulate beneath. 



1. Ilex Wilsoni, Fisher, ex Proc. Hort. Soc. 1899, p. cxix. ; Dallimore, Holly, 

 Yew, and Box, 143(1 908). 



Ilex Aquifolium, var. latifolia, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 507 (1838). 

 Ilex Aquifolium, var. princeps, Moore, in Gard. Chron. xiii. 45, fig. 8 (1880). 



1 Chambers, Vestiges of Creation, 310 (1851), quotes from the Gardener's and Farmer's four-tal, 1848, p. 164: "The 

 following was related to us by Mr. M'Nab (of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden) : he had sown the seeds of/, balearica, from 

 which he had produced the common holly. He had also raised from the seeds of the tender Madeira holly (/. Perado) a 

 variety identical with that known as Hodgins's holly j and although the offspring of a tender parent, yet like Hodgins's variety, 

 it was also quite hardy." From this it would appear that /. Perado may have taken part in the origin of some of the hybrid 

 hollies. 



