XXI. y^QUIFOLIA'CEjE : /LEX. 



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52 1. l.A.reioi. 



cylindrical figure is hence giv- 

 en to it ; and, as the surface 

 abounds in prominences and 

 prickles, it has a curious ap- 

 pearance, not unaptly com- 

 pared to that of a hedgehog. 



t I. A. 14 a'assifoliuvi Hort. {.fig. 

 222.) Leaves thick and 

 fleshy. 



9 I. A. 15 senescens Sweet. 

 Leaves spineless, thin. 



All these varieties may be seen 

 in Messrs. Loddiges's collection, 

 and it is no small proof of their 

 value for town gardens, that they 

 thrive in the smoky atmosphere of 

 that magnificent establishment. 



222. /. A. crassif6!ium. 



b. Varieties designated from the Colours of the Leaf. 



Under the general name of variegated hollies, twenty or thirty varieties, 

 some of them with, and some of them without, popular names, are obtainable 

 in the principal London nurseries. Having examined and compared the 

 different shades of variegation in the plants in the very complete collection 

 of Messrs. Loddiges, we think they may be all included in the following 

 groups : 



1 L A. 16 dlbo-margindtum Hort. Leaves with white edges. Of this 

 variety the subvarieties in Loddiges's arboretum are marked 5, 15, 

 18, and 2i, which have all long and narrow leaves, with edgings of 

 white or pale yellow along their margins ; and 4-, 6, 7, 12, 17, 22, 23, 

 and 28, which have larger leaves, and a greater breadth of margin 

 variegated ; the white or pale yellow forming in some cases one 

 third, or even one half, of the surface of the leaf. 



i L A. 17 aureo-margindtuvi Hort. Leaves with yellow edges. The 

 following subvarieties are in Messrs. Loddiges's arboretum, Nos. 19 

 and 20 with dark yellow margins; and Nos. ], 2, 8, 9, 10, 1.3, and 

 29, with margins of dark and light yellow. Another subdivision of 

 this group consists of plants with broad leaves, in what may be 

 called a transition state from green to variegated, viz., with greenish 

 yellow or very pale green blotches or margins. When such plants 

 become old, they are generally very distinctly variegated with yellow. 

 Examples in the Hackney arboretum are Nos. 3, 20, and 21. 



J L A. 18 dlbo-^nctum Hort. Leaves spotted with white. This variety 

 has a considerable portion of the centre of the disk of the leaf white, 

 and of a somewhat transparent appearance ; the edges of the disk 

 of the leaf being green. 



i L A. 19 aureo-pictum Hort. Leaves spotted with yellow. The fol- 

 lowing subvarieties are in Messrs. Loddiges's arboretum. Nos. 11, 

 14, 16, 26, 27, and 30. 



t I. A. 20 ferox argenteum Hort. The hedgehog holly with leaves 

 blotched with white. 



* L A. iX ferox-aureum Hort The hedgehog holly with leaves blotched 



with yellow. 



c. Varieties designated from the Colour of the Fruit. 



* L A. 22 fructu liiteo Hort. Fruit yellow. 



* L A. 23 fructu dlbo Hort. Fruit white. 



* L A. 24 fructu nigro Hort. Fruit black. 



The holly makes the most impenetrable and the most durable of all vege- 



