. m the Latin acutum, sharp, and folium, a leaf, in allush» »•the sharp points of the leaves. The Greek authors called this species agria, that is, wild, or of the fields; whence some of tlieFrench, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese names. The English name, holly, is prohably a corruption of the word, holy, fromits being used to commemorate the holy time of Christmas, not only in houses, but in churches. The German name, Chrisl-dorn, the Danish name, Christorn, and the Swedish name, Christlorn, would seem to justify the same conjectu
. m the Latin acutum, sharp, and folium, a leaf, in allush» »•the sharp points of the leaves. The Greek authors called this species agria, that is, wild, or of the fields; whence some of tlieFrench, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese names. The English name, holly, is prohably a corruption of the word, holy, fromits being used to commemorate the holy time of Christmas, not only in houses, but in churches. The German name, Chrisl-dorn, the Danish name, Christorn, and the Swedish name, Christlorn, would seem to justify the same conjecture. Engravings. Selby, British Forest Trees, pp. 37 el 47; Loudon, Arboretum Brilannicum, v., pi. 64; and the figures below. Specific Characters. Leaves shining, wavy, ovate, spiny-toothed, and sometimes entire. Peduncles Flowers nearly umbellate. Fruit a 4-celled berry, globose, and containing four solitary, horny,oblong seeds, rounded on one side, and cornered on the other. Description. ***** et ilium nemo impune me, I11 IHE European Hol-ly is a handsomeconical, evergreen_-„ ge^Vs*«ja tree, growing to aheight of twenty or thirty feet, in a wildstate, with a trunk from eighteen inchesto two feet in diameter, and to doublethese dimensions in a state of viewing it as a hedge-plant, or as anornamental tree or shrub, it is not sur-passed by any other evergreen whatever,whether we look upon it in its nativewoods, with its shining, deep-green leavesand coral-red berries, which persist forhalf the year, or in its numerous variega-tions of silver or golden leaves, and itswhite or yellow fruit. Varieties. In general, the deviationfrom the common form and colour observ-able in wild plants, or in those in a stateof cultivation, more especially in trees and
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