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air of order and good a pe abont the place gene- 
ce of what ma 
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p 
m the ac 
pras days I saw the pins as blac 
coated with the preparation such as is u 
had been used 
for Boag pas T. Bain 
THE COMMON HOLLY AND 
noose —II. 
Ż ae 
WE e exe! r to a group i in which the leaves are 
of intermediate size, and i ich, consequent, the 
distinctive feature i ig arbitrar raf : bä t it will be found to 
offer a fairly tangible character for subdiv isional pur- 
poses, It includes two lesser series, differing in the 
3 breadth of their naria 
Fic. 105.—f, ILEX AQUIFOLIUM ; 2, I. 
. A, LEAVES GREEN (continued). 
§ ner marginal, aig mn ig ae 
* Spines divarica , various ted. 
tt Leaves domed Mayes 13 H 3 ‘aches long. 
f Leaves oval or ovate in outli usually more 
than an inch 
10, I, AQUIFOLIUM, Wateret, Smith, Lawson, 
Paul (fig. 105, I) ; diversifolia, Lawson, — —This is the 
Fic. 106.—iLEX AQUIFOLIUM SMITHIANA, 
ae or typical form of sere A from which the | 
in the previous sub-division differ 
besarte size of their leaves. 
ya meen 
of a 
aingi quot e happen 
The figure 
Fic, 107,—ILEX AQUIFOLIUM BEETII. 
size of the Aea AA 
The co mmon Holly being 
to some extent, 
in the 
In this t typical form 
o be d the ok 
bek ed type; but Shes common Holly o¢ 
uppose most onami occurs—with the h Neale of the 
young 
seo "strongly leveloped a and numerous apines, which 
much divaricate, represents 
the full 
l 
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| different samples vary ars 1} inch to 24 inches in | 
ar | length, of an 
gr een aero a ole on alive and an are so largely 
sed a and also for admixtur ne 
collection ites very r little, if at all, from the green 
b 
DULA, Waterer, Fisher, Lawson 
e tree. 
Kinmont.—This is a green-ba shed 
case of Mr, Smith’s sample, parik It has lea 
AQUIFOLIUM HETEROPHYLLA ; 3, AQUIFOLIUM FISHERL 
averaging 2} inches, but reaching to 3 in 
ovate form and bright gr 
margin generally frihed Wi 
| ith a 
| of spines, which are slightly divaricate, 1 but some- 
catt 
times oo as ng a very few (3— ered spines, 
So far general aspect ed, this 
closely resembles a common an Holly, but with 
being the prodction of yellow berries, so that in 
