216 NOTES ON THE VARIETIES OF ENGLISH HOLLY. 



43. 7. A. recurva variegata. Too often resembles the 

 common Screw Holly, but one of the handsomest when 

 well variegated. 



44. /. A. ferox aurea. The gold-blotched Hedgehog 

 Holly is a very good variety, but here, as with the pre- 

 ceding, there are many shades of variegation, some of 

 which are much handsomer than others. 



45. /. A. flammea angustifolia. An exceedingly showy 

 and distinct variety. Leaves long, smooth, pleasingly 

 undulated, and well blotched with gold. Bears berries 

 freely. 



46. /. A. aurea picta. The Gold Milkmaid ; leaves 

 very prickly, rich gold, variously blotched. 



47. /. A. picta. Leaves large, well blotched, and very 

 handsome. 



48. /. A. flava. The Bronze Holly; leaves bronzy- 

 yellow, exceedingly rich in winter. 



49. /. A. multispina. Leaves green and gold, vari- 

 ously blotched, and very prickly. Discovered growing in 

 a bed of green hollies in my nurseries at Waltham Cross. 



GROUP IX. Long-leaved Gold-edged. 



0) Prickly. 



50. /. A. aurea nana. Leaves long, very prickly, well 

 edged with gold ; a beautiful compact bush, of low 

 growth. 



51. /. A. aurea angustifolia. Rather larger than the 

 preceding, and of freer growth, but not so gay. 



52. LA. aurea myrtifolia. A fine free flat-leaved sort, 

 of good average colour ; very compact, and invaluable for 

 flower beds in winter. 



53. I. A. aurea Scotica. Leaves dark ochreous yellow ; 

 good and distinct. 



54. LA. Walthamensis. Leaves very long, moderately 

 broad, well edged with gold. One of the best ; of more 

 erect and probably freer growth than the Golden Queen. 



