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quested the Chairman s OLLERHEAD) to appeal | —A grand Holly, and, taken altogether, the best of | (fig. 144). — This 
л his employer, Sir HENRY PEEK, Bart., for the | the varieties having silver-edged leaves "The bark of No. 63) Dut but has tind "mae pere н 
extension of his favours in the use of the room. Ё {һе yound wood is purplish or reddish Rv. The | variegation. The bark of i 
| this is another а 1 the Bd v mp and will u leaves are broadly ovate, 23 inches long, and 1$ | The e lados ee: ое eod ur Ц 
тото 1 А p on to the Society, we Ij inch broad, with a purple petiole, the disk dark 
wish them every green, very mse mottled with green and grey, and 
wit. i a amy-white margin, here and 
VIA GARDENI, 2 plant closely rome to there erg the edge armed i si ther narrow 
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at Kew two T are 67. ARGENTEA idis Barron 
grandis, Fisher. —A rather striking variety, in which 
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er form a curved tube of orange-red, the mouth broads Antenne ati e dien 
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of which is pale gren. It is a native of Nat 
LLÁL——————— argentea, Barron ; variegata selene, Sen ih; albo- 
TUE COMMON H OLLY AND a shoes W. Paul. —One of the older white- 
| ITS VARIETIES. —VI. 
| (Continued from Vol. ii., 1874, 2. 813.) 
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Silver Ое The bark of ће youn reen, 
The leaves are broadly ovate, 2 to 2 2| inches long, 
= with usua y somewhat numerous but irregular. 
| 5 rsen we е а лр s ers to a divaricate spines, sometimes with the spines fewer or 
EFL ptions of the n-leaved varieties Im g col ark green, with the 
| common Holly (Ilex Aquifoliu The near disk slightly mottled, and with an irregular narrowish 
approach of Advent reminds us that t ject silv tree at Ochtertyre is 25 feet 
again bec seasonable, and we chance pick up FIG. 142.—1. A. ARGENTEA MEDIO-PICTA (SILVER MILKMAID). | high, free growing, and an abundant berry-bearer, 
the thread of our discourse, and shall n w attempt to Em being noted as larger than in many common 
unravel the differen nch broad, with strongly developed and eis 
ilinge, ces of the varieties with variegated evenly placed s pines, w g ФАЙ, не Мы ue Qus imn 69. I. А.л ALBO-L INE Ат г, W. Раш. —А variety of 
the silve r-edged race, with green bark to the youn 
disk is of a dark green, with patches of бнт green, h 1 hi h d К 
and ше; is - broad, irregular, but well-defined shoots, m ate eaves, z he Sn: inches og n MES 
creamy white, which is m ye. |: MON spines, 
loped ^x the apex. Its bold leaves and we POS : жыйы 
striking marking fully € it to the first place in ; 
series to which it belon 
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differs from Perry’s Weeping Holly i in habit, the 
principal shoots growing erect, with drooping spray, 
not being wholly pendent as they are in that 
variety. 
tt Leaves medium size, 14—24} inches long. 
б. 1. A. ARGENTEA VARIANS; angustifolia ar. 
Ochtertyre. —А free-growing Holl па Зона the 
few unequ d spines on each V marg, occasionally with 
one or ki е ie spines near a base or none ; the 
ш colour is dar with an unequal but for oe 
Fic, 141.—1. А, ARGENTEA REGINA (SILVER QUEEN). most st part prio, iim Aae silvery border, The tre Fic, 144.—1. A. ARGENTEA LATIFOLIA. 
coe nm ni meti wide, the disk JE — green, with a rather 
Ý Spines marginal, numerous, strongly developed. indistinct margin of creamy wh 
* Spines es divaricate, å 2.6. variously direct ed. < ALA Е EGENTEA Таста, W. Paul ; stricta 
argentea, Fisher.—A distinct variety, in which the 
bark of the young shoots is purplish. The leaves are 
2 to 24 inches ong and rj inch broad, oblong- 
H t Leaves large, 3 inches long or more. 
60, T. A, ARGENTEA MARGINATA MAJOR, Ochter- 
tyre, Waterer, —A remarkably bold vigorous-growing elliptic, armed with tolerably regu 
spines, which are 
somewhat wavy, тоу disk very y conspicuously mottled 
kay, our largest mpeg: et — with flakes of green and greyish green, the edge 
на Ochtertyre, Perth. It has the bark green. The broadly and unequally margined with creamy "а te. 
are oy. or oblong, e blade 3 inches . A. ARGENTEA ELEGANTISSIMA, W. aul ; 
long, with much divaricat large triangular spines ; elegantissima, Fisher; Black-wooded Sliveratipet 
а 15 › With a comparatively narr Waterer.—A well-marked variety, with the b of 
he pues ng shoots purple. The leaves are ipte or 
elliptic- ue. about t 2] inches long, with unequal, 
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father irregular а edge. At монт the tree 
14 i bears berries abundantly, The 
E described as being entirely different from that 
A. argentea marginata, the branches being 
бї. L A, ARGENTEA LONGIFOLIA ; lon lour i 
' gifolia 
rm om d Waterer (fig. 143). —A str iking- PER and th 
ety of vigorous habit, having the young С 
* bark purple or p is eaves are elliptic or the tip 
^ liptic-ovate, fully 3 inches long, with fe 72. I. 
Маг 2nd unequal, much ricated sp the brown | 
3 а and with greyish green, part. 
i inegala Orly, belted with creamy white, which is | spiny 
"louder LL. i sometimes breaks out into em aer ewe 
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hm, well-marked and ornamental ЕЕ жеч ШУ olg 
: 399 MADAME Brior, Smith.—A olly, 73. 1. A MACULATA; longifolia 
bark of a hybrid bred with I. opaca. The maculata lucida, “Smith. —A finely-marked Holly, with 
2 iach, The leaves are 3 inches long and dark b ark. The leaves are 2} to 21 inches 
(3 colour elliptic, wavy and spiny at the edge; FIG, 143:—1, А. ARGENTEA LONGIFOLIA. long, and ir an inch broad, elliptic cuneate, that 
A irregular -— ы тр plashed with grey, and with is narrowed to the base, with strong and very much 
‚е pre ri mien с. “es large meri сонне. is eins P feet high, of a very erect | divaricated spines. diens менті срем with 
; give 1 : st iff hab i y 1 neat cream 
BI. oreo sen an . Paul ; lati- white. 
tmr А. ARGENTEA REGINA; Silver Queen, 66. I. A. phe tee LATIFOLIA, W. Pa dec 14 1. А. WISEANA ; чын oliy, W: „4 
*, Fisher ; argentea latifolia, inus argentea, | — 
Basen (oy. 140). у iK mens, Penny 
