Ilex 



1707 



more ^ considers this variety to have originated from the typical form directly as a 

 branch sport, which was subsequently propagated by grafting, and which by further 

 sports has given rise to other varieties, like crispa. 



Two variegated forms of this variety are known : — 



Var. ferox argentea, Loudon, op. cit. 509. Spines and margin cream-coloured ; 

 known as the Silver-Striped Hedgehog Holly. 



Var. ferox aurea, Loudon, op. cit. 509. Margin green ; centre of the blade 

 with a triangular yellow blotch ; known as the Gold-blotched Hedgehog Holly. 



B. Leaves deformed ; marginal spines abnormal. 



5. Var. latispina, Goeppert, in Gartenflora, iii. 318 (1854); Moore, in Gard. 

 Chron. ii. 812, fig. 164 (1874). 



Leaves thick in texture, broadly oval or quadrangular, with an acuminate apex 

 ending in a long decurved spine ; averaging 2 in. long and i^ in. broad ; margin 

 with a few coarse spines, variable in number and direction. Dallimore considers 

 that this variety originated probably as a branch sport from var. crispa. 



6. Var. trapeziformis, Moore, in Gard. Chron. ii. 812, fig. 164 (1874). 



This variety mainly differs from the last-mentioned in the slightly smaller 

 leaves, which have the margin entire or with only one or two erratically placed 

 spines. 



7. Var. monstrosa, Goeppert, in Gartenflora, iii. 318 (1854); Moore, in Gard. 

 Chron. ii. 750, fig. 147 (1874). 



Leaves ovate-oblong, 3J in. long, i to ij in. broad (exclusive of the spines), 

 resembling var. latispina in the long acuminate apex with a deflexed spine, but with 

 a longer blade and more numerous marginal spines, which project in all directions. 

 Dallimore states that this originated in the Handsworth Nurseries. 



8. Var. albo-picta, Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 508 (1838). 



Var. argentea medio-picta, Moore, in Gard. Chron. iv. 688 (1875). 



Leaves similar to var. monstrosa, but slightly smaller and variegated ; the 

 centre of the blade having an irregular blotch of creamy white, the margin remaining 

 green. This variegated holly is usually called " milkmaid " or " silver milkmaid," 

 and has been known from an early period. 



9. Var. hastata, Moore, in Gard. Chron. ii. 687, fig. 138 (1874). 



Var. kewensis, Loesener, in Nova Acta Ac. Leop. Carol. Ixxviii. 266 (1901). 



Leaves dark green, coriaceous, f to \\ in. long, with two or three pairs of long 

 marginal spines towards the base ; the upper half of the blade forming a large 

 entire acuminate or emarginate triangular lobe. This is a dwarf shrub, with purple 

 branches, which originated in the Handsworth Nurseries. 



10. Var. Beetii, Moore, in Gard. Chron. ii. 520, fig. 107 (1874). 



Leaves nearly orbicular, about \\ in. in diameter, dark green, with a thickened 

 margin, and a few (usually five or six) large spines, pointing in various directions. 

 This originated in the Handsworth Nurseries. 



1 Holly, Yew, and Box, 68, 69 (1908). 



