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NEW AUCUBAS. 
The following extract is from the Gardener^ Chrcmich, May 6th, 1865, page 416 : — “ The new 
Aucubas are at present one of the chief attractions here ; the collection is a very remarkable one, 
and no doubt destined to work no small improvement in our shrubberies. There arc half-a-dozen 
well 'blotched variegated varieties, several with the leaf, except a narrow margin of green, of a clear 
lemon yellow ; and free and excellent looking varieties ■without any variegation. These, I am inclined 
to think, ■will prove most valuable, especially for towns, for it is reasonable to expect that they should 
thrive where the variegated fonn does ‘pretty well.’ Of these, Aucuba japonica macropJiylla is a 
plant, ■with leaves of a lighter gi'ecn than its veiy dark-hued neighbour, latifolia, which has also very 
large leaves, and promises to make another noble shrub ; muculata is a very fine spotted variety, with 
broad leaves, quite flat; elegantissima is a great-le.aved variety, with one immense blotch of clear 
yellow, and the remaining green portion lightly dappled over with small yellow spots ; elegam is rather 
deeply serrated, ■with a broad centre of yellow and dark green margin ; sulphurea has the variegation 
suffused all over tlie leaf, and quite distinct from the other sti-ikingly-marked kinds ; mai-ginaia has 
the variegation round the leaf margins ; and ohlonga is .another green form, almost sm'e to make a 
noble shrub. The Himalayan, the Japan normal male and female forms, and other Aucubas, all are 
here. Fortune’s maculated male being a most lively subject, and yielding more .and better pollen than any 
of the other males. Great as is the immediate pleasure of introducing such fine plants, it is very little 
compared to what we should experience a dozen years hence, when they shall have done much to embel- 
lish our islands.” 
Extract from Journal of Hortimllure, April 4th, 1865, page 266 : — “ I have already alluded to 
the very interesting variegated Aucubas received by Mr. BuU fi-om the Continent, where they were 
introduced by Dr. Von Siebold; but he has some green-leaved varieties wliich -will be, I think, 
equally interesting, and which have already received Certificates both at the Royal Horticultural and 
Botanic Societies. Then there was A. japonica macrophylla, wfth a light spinach-coloured green 
leaf fully 9 inches long by 4J wide ; latifolia, very broad dark green leaf, quite distinct ; and mascula 
angmtata, very narrow leaf. The variegated varieties were lancifolia variegata, margined ■with gold ■ 
elegans and elegantissima, broad leaf, yoUow blotch ; mascula bicolor, deep yellow centre to leaf ; 
sulphurea, edged ■with sulphur yellow, the yellow also interspersed in the green ; mascula varia, distinct 
deep yellow blotch ; mascula picta, also yellow blotched. These are all distinct, although it may seem 
that in describing them as yellow-blotched and green there is great sameness ; but any one can at once 
see the great distinctness that there is in the different varieties, and what a fine feature they wUl by-and- 
by make in our gardens.” 
FEMALE AUCUBAS. 
AUCUBA JAPONICA PCEMINA ELEGANS . 
s. 
7 
d, 
G each. 
99 
„ LATIFOLIA . 
7 
G 
99 
„ LIMBATA . 
7 
6 „ 
99 
„ LONGIFOLIA 
7 
G ,1 
99 
„ „ VARIEGATA . 
10 
6 „ 
99 
„ MACROPHYLLA 
6 
0 „ 
9} 
99 
„ VIRIDIS 
• 
3 
G „ 
MALE AUCUBAS. 
AUCUBA JAPONICA MASCULA ANGUSTATA . 
s. 
7 
d. 
6 each. 
99 
„ BICOLOR . 
7 
G „ 
V 
99 
„ GRANDIS . 
15 
0 „ 
I) 
99 
„ MACRODONTA . 
15 
0 „ 
>9 
99 
„ MAOULATA 
7 
6 „ 
99 
99 
„ OVATA 
21 
0 „ 
99 
99 
„ VIRIDIS . 
7 
G „ 
Extra sized Plants at proportionate prices 
Per doz. 
One hundred. 
SEEDLING AUCUBAS 
j Acs. 
t 24s. 
or 
or 
£5. 
£7 10s. 
'These have been raised from some of the fine imported kinds, and from the well-known Aucuba 
familiar in gardens, variously fertilised ■with the different varieties of plain-leaved, blotched, and macu- 
lated males, but may be expected to produce many novel and fine sorts. The plants are now only small, 
so that the foliage and markings are not yet fully developed. The sexes in these seedlings may be 
expected to be somewhat equally divided. 
AUCUBA BERRIES, 6s. per dozen, or 40s. per 100. 
The INDIAN AUCUBA “ HIMALAICA,” which, coming from a great elevation, is hardy, 3s. 6d. 
and 5s. each. 
