vigorous; in syn. of latifolia; with var.fortunei and var. rotundifolia 

 also in syn. of var. latifolia. While agreement in description and 

 synonymy is not consistent and descriptions are far from adequate, it 

 appears possible that all the above authors were considering the same 

 clone, which is listed in this checklist as MAJOR of Nicholson. In 

 addition to the opinions of the various authors, their reporting also 

 reflects popular usages of synonyms in their time. = MAJOR of 

 Nicholson, ? f. major Schelle. 



f. major (E. Schelle in L. Beissner, E. Schelle, and H. Zabel, Hand. Laub- 

 Benennung, p. 291. 1901, without descr.) - as major. - ? MAJOR of 

 Nicholson. 



MAJOR (F. Meyer, USDA Pit. Expl. Ornamentals, ARS 34-9:144. 1959) - 

 as cv. MAJOR; shrub 8-10 ft; lvs. elliptic to obovate, 1" long; known 

 for relatively large lvs.; garden origin; PI 242179 coll. by F. Meyer at 

 Royal Bot. Gdn., Edinburgh. H. Hyland, USDA Pit. Inventory 168. 

 1960, without descr. - PI 276276; pit. rec. as/, latifolia MAJOR from 

 Royal Bot. Gdn., Edinburgh 1960. The following description of PI 

 276276 is provided as observed from living specimens: lvs. 2.5 cm 

 long, 4.0 cm wide, obovate, with very rounded tips and acuminate 

 bases, margins with large rounded crenations; male. That this plant is 

 male and has different leaf characters separates it as a clone distinct 

 from, and it is not a syn. of, MAJOR of Nicholson, var. major of Bean, 

 or MAJOR of Tingle. Illegitimate by being later homonym of MAJOR 

 of Nicholson. 



MAJOR (G. Nicholson, Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 1:61. 1894, as 

 var., without descr.). W.J. Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles, 1st ed., 

 1:645. 1914 - occasionally to 20 ft, box like oval lvs. l/2"-l 1/2" long, 

 l/2"-5/8" wide, minutely round toothed; fr. black. Using var. major 

 Nicholson as the basionym of the name and the description above from 

 Bean, the authors determined that this plant is, or at least was, a clone 

 called MAJOR that should be recognized as a legitimate cultivar name, 

 in spite of much synonymy to the contrary. It should be noted that the 

 following synonymy is not entirely in agreement with those of the 

 references cited under var. major. - 1, elliptica Hort., ? I.fortunei 

 Hort., ? LATIFOLIA MAJOR, var. major Bean, var. major Boom, var. 

 major Dallimore, var. major Hill, var. major Nicholson, ? f. major 

 Schelle, not MAJOR of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh or (Bennett 

 Hybrid Group). 



MAJOR (Tingle Nurs., Pittsville, Maryland, cat. p. 20. fall 1956-sp. 1957) 

 - slightly ascending; lvs. flat, good color; similar to ROTUNDIFOLIA 

 but branches better; Bennett Hybrid. S.-y. Hu, Nat'l Hort. Mag. 

 36(1):62. 1957 - lvs. obovate, 3/8"-7/8" long, l/4"-l/2" wide, base 

 acute, apex round, rarely obtuse, 7-13 teeth each side; available at 

 Tingle Nurs. C. Tuley, Proc. 38th Meet. Holly Soc. Amer., p. 2. 1965 - 

 lvs. similar to ROTUNDIFOLIA lvs. but branches better with age. 



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