164 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
Buzzard’s Bay, Naushon Island, Dartmouth and Westport with 
Bridgewater, Taunton, Somerset and Swansea for inland limits. In 
some of the towns in this area it is abundant and fruits heavily; in 
others there are only scattering, badly-hacked trees with sterile 
flowers. The best trees I have seen are in Marion and Mattapoisett, 
the largest about 2.5 dm. in diameter. 
On Cape Cod it is known at Bourne (Cataumet), Sandwich and 
Barnstable. I came across the last station, near Centreville, last 
summer, and it contains about forty trees of various sizes, in rather 
dry woods. Below this place it is not recorded, and on the lower Cape, 
according to Messrs. F. S. Collins and W. P. Rich, it is not to be found. 
In this connection it is interesting to know that according to Mourt's 
Relation the Pilgrims found the holly growing in the open woods at 
Provincetown when they first landed, Nov. 11, 1620, and later on 
Dec. 18 at Plymouth, where it is still known. It is also found as a 
rare plant on Nantucket. Removal of the woods and frequent fires, 
as well as the desire for Christmas greens have doubtless contributed 
to its disappearance. 
In Rhode Island the holly is abundant at Tiverton, and occurs also 
at Little Compton, Prudence and Conanicut Islands, South Scituate, 
Coventry, and North and South Kingston, all in the southern third 
of the State. 
In Connecticut the species is decidedly rare, according to the State 
Flora, (1910) occurring only in Waterford, Milford and Wolcott. 
The authors say: “Escaped from cultivation or possibly native." 
The range of Ilex glabra is very similar. At Magnolia swamp in 
Gloucester, there is a very vigorous colony of it, growing with Smila- 
cina trifolia and covering a considerable area. It is also reported from 
Wenham and Rockport. Its next appearances are at the Blue Hills, 
Hingham and Cohasset, thence southward to Buzzard's Bay and Nan- 
tucket in the same area as Ilex opaca, but much more abundant. It 
is decidedly abundant on Cape Cod, where it has escaped fires because 
of its swampy habitat, and it flourishes even in Provincetown. In 
Middleboro and Marion I have seen bushes 1.5 m. in height, but it is 
usually much smaller. 
In Rhode Island it is reported from Tiverton and from four stations 
in Washington county. In Connecticut there are four stations in 
New London county, and one at Guilford, some thirty miles to the 
west, 
