. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXI. ^QUIFOHA'cEiE : /lEX. 157 A. Leaves spiny-toothea. i 1. 1. /^auiFoYiUM L. The prickly-leaved, or common. Holly. Identification. Lin. Sp., 181. ; Fl. Dan., 608.; Dec Prod., 2. p. 14. j Don's Mifi., i y. lo. Syjumymes. The holly, being a native of most parts of Europe, and being every
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXI. ^QUIFOHA'cEiE : /lEX. 157 A. Leaves spiny-toothea. i 1. 1. /^auiFoYiUM L. The prickly-leaved, or common. Holly. Identification. Lin. Sp., 181. ; Fl. Dan., 608.; Dec Prod., 2. p. 14. j Don's Mifi., i y. lo. Syjumymes. The holly, being a native of most parts of Europe, and being every where much ad- mired, has several names in most living European languages: Hulver, Hulfere, and Holme, Eng,; Le Houx, Fr. ; Steehpalme, Stechlaub, Hulse, Christdorn, Mausdorn, Kleezebusch, Ger. ; Schubbig hardkelk. Butch ; Stikpalme, Danish; Jernek, ChristCorn, Swedish ; Waefoseheld, Ostrokof, Padub, Rtiss.; Agrifolio, Itnt ; Acebo, Span.; Azevinho, Fort. Engravings. Smith Eng. Bot, t 496. â , the plate of the species in Arb. Brit, 1st edit., vol. v,; and ourjig. 215. Spec. Char., iVr. Leaves oblong, shining, wavy, spiny-toothed. Peduncles axillary. Flowers nearly umbellate. A handsome, conical, evergreen tree. Europe and Britain. Height 20ft. to 30 ft. in a wild state; and. 215. /^lex .jquifolium. twice that height, or upwards, in a state of cultivation. Flowers white; May. Fruit red; ripe in September, and remaining on the tree all the winter. The lower leaves are very spinous ; while the upper ones, espe- cially on old trees, are entire. Decaying leaves yellow, dropping in June or July. Varieties. In general the variegation of plants, more especially of trees and shrubs, is accompanied by a ragged, or otherwise unhealthy, appearance in the leaves ; but the holly is one of the very few exceptions to this rule. The variegations of the holly are chiefly confined to the modification of white and yellow in the leaves: but there are some sorts in which the variation results from
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