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prominences and prickles, it has a curious appearance, not unaptly 

 compared to that of a hedgehog. This sort is said, by Bradley and 

 Evelyn, to have been first planted in the Bishop of London's gar- 

 den, at Fulham, about the end of the seventeenth century, by 

 his gardener, Mr. George London, who is supposed to have intro- 

 duced it from France. According to Miller, who thought it a distinct 

 species, it reproduces itself from seed. 



I. A. 14 crassifolium Hort. {jig* 178.) The thick-leaved common 

 Holly. 



I. A. 15 senescens Sweet. The aged, or spineless, common Holly 



B. Varieties designated from the Colours of the Leaf. 



* I. A. variegdium Hort. The variegated-leaved common Holly. — 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 : — 



£ I. A. 16 dlbo-margindtum Hort. The white-edgcd-leaved common 

 Holly. — 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 aureo-margindtum Hort. The gold-edged-leaved common 



Holly. — The following subvarieties are in Messrs. Loddiges's arbo- 

 retum. 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. 



* I. A. 18 (Uho-pichini. Hort. The 7/V/i/ospotted-leaved common Holly, 



Of .Milkmaid Holly. — This variety has a considerable portion of 

 the centre of the disk of the leaf white, and of a somewhat trans- 

 parent appearance; the edges of the disk of the leaf being green. 



