XXI. AQUIFOLIA‘CE®: [LEX. 159 
cylindrical figure is hence giv- 
en to it; and, as the surface 3 
abounds in prominences and 
prickles, it has a curious ap- 
pearance, not unaptly com- 
pared to that of a hedgehog. 
2 1. A. 14 crassifolium Hort. (fig. 
222.) — Leaves thick and 
fleshy. 
$1. A. 15  senéscens Sweet. — 
Leaves spineless, thin. 
All these varieties may be seen 
in Messrs. Loddiges’s collection, 
and it is no small proof of their 
value for town gardens, that they 
thrive in the smoky atmosphere of ; 
that magnificent establishment. 222. 4. A. crassifolium. 
b. Varieties designated from the Colours of the Leaf. 
Under the general name of variegated hollies, twenty or thirty varieties, 
some of them with, and some of them without, popular names, are obtainable 
in the principal London nurseries. Having examined and compared the 
different shades of variegation in the plants in the very complete collection 
of Messrs. Loddiges, we think they may be all included in the following 
groups : — 
2 I. A. 16 dlbo-margindtum Hort. — Leaves with white edges. Of this 
variety the subvarieties in Loddiges’s arboretum are marked 5, 15, 
18, and 24, which have all long and narrow leaves, with edgings of 
white or pale yellow along their margins; and 4, 6,7, 12, 17, 22, 23, 
and 28, which have larger leaves, and a greater breadth of margin 
variegated ; the white or pale yellow forming in some cases one 
third, or even one half, of the surface of the leaf. 
@ I. A. 17 atreo-margindtum Hort.— Leaves with yellow edges. The 
following subvarieties are in Messrs. Loddiges’s arboretum, Nos. 19 
and 20 with dark yellow margins; and Nos. 1, 2, 8,9, 10, 13, and 
29, with margins of dark and light yellow. Another subdivision of 
this group consists of plants with broad leaves, in what may be 
called a transition state from green to variegated, viz., with greenish 
yellow or very pale green blotches or margins. When such plants 
become old, they are generally very distinctly variegated with yellow. 
Examples in the Hackney arboretum are Nos. 3, 20, and 21. 
2 I. A. 18.dlbo-pictum Hort. — Leaves spotted with white. This variety 
has a considerable portion of the centre of the disk of the leaf white, 
and of a somewhat transparent appearance; the edges of the disk 
of the leaf being green. 
2 I. A. 19 aureo-pictum Hort. — Leaves spotted with yellow. The fol- 
lowing subvarieties are in Messrs. Loddiges’s arboretum. Nos, 11, 
14, 16, 26, 27, and 30. 
2 L.A. 20 feror argénteum Hort.— The hedgehog holly with leaves 
blotched with white. 
2 I. A. 21 ferox-atireum Hort. — The hedgehog holly with leaves blotched 
with yellow. 
c. Varieties designated from the Colour of the Fruit. 
2 L.A. 22 fréctu liteo Hort. — Fruit yellow. 
£ T, A. 23 fréctu dlbo Hort. — Fruit white. 
£1. A. 24 fréctu nigro Hort. — Fruit black. 
The holly makes the most impenetrable and the most durable of all vege- 
