218 NOTES ON THE VARIETIES OF ENGLISH HOLLY. 



67. /. A. argentea elegantissima' Leaves long and 

 prickly, bright and elegant ; larger in all its proportions 

 than the preceding. 



68. /. A. argentea stricta. Leaves flat, well edged, 

 growth erect ; forms a fine pyramid. 



69. /. A. argentea longifolia. The Handsworth New 

 Silver-striped ; leaves very long, well edged ; a first-class 

 sort. 



70. /. A. lucida. The Silver Queen ; leaves broadly 

 margined with silver ; the gayest of the group. 



71. /. A. argentea latifolia. Leaves almost round, well 

 edged ; growth compact. 



72. I. A. albo-marginata. Leaves large broad dark 

 shining green ; very handsome, and grows to a large size. 



73. /. A. albo-marginata pendula. This is similar to 

 the preceding, but of a beautiful pendulous habit. 



Several of the above have been raised or introduced 

 by Messrs Fisher, Holmes, & Co., of the Handsworth 

 Nurseries, near Sheffield, and I am indebted to that 

 eminent firm for the opportunity of exhibiting the follow- 

 ing varieties, lent to me for the occasion: aurea myrti- 

 folia, latispina minor, and pumila. 



I have only to add that, in my opinion, the most 

 ornamental of these varieties are of the green-leaved 

 section : pendula, fructu luteo, Beetii, platyphylla, atro- 

 virens, Shepherdii, ovata, Scotica, Hendersonii, Donning- 

 toniensis, Smithiana, ciliata major, senescens, Fished, 

 heterophylla major, laurifolia, angustifolia, ciliata, myrti- 

 folia, tortuosa, ferox, and recurva ; and of the variegated- 

 leaved section : recurva variegata, ferox aurea, flammea 

 angustifolia, aurea picta, flava, aurea nana, aurea myrti- 

 folia, Walthamensis, aurea serrata, aurea pumila, bicolor, 

 speciosa, argentea angustifolia, argentea elegantissima, 

 argentea stricta, argentea longifolia, lucida, and albo- 

 marginata. 



