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HOITZIA. Three species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandv loam and peat. 



HOLLY {Ilex aqui folium.) Of this 

 hardy evergreen shrub there are eight 

 varieties: — 1, silver-edged ; 2, golden- 

 edged ; 3, thick-leaved; 4, prickly; 

 5, yellow-leaved; 6, variegated; 7, 

 spotted ; 8, recurvum. It is so desira- 

 ble, as an ornamental and as a hedge- 

 shrub, that it deserves some more par- 

 ticular notice. 



If grown as single ornamental shrubs, 



in any poor light sandy soil, or in a 

 swampy situation, but likes a strong, 

 deep, dry, loamy soil." — Card. Chron. 



The best season for clipping hollies 

 is early in spring, before they make 

 their annual growth. 



The European Holly does not fully 

 resist the winter of Pennsylvania, un- 

 less on well drained land, and further 

 north it is probable it would suffer much 

 more, except in the vicinity of the sea, 

 where many plants do well that are not 

 able to withstand the winter of the same 



they " should not be overshadowed by i latitude in the interior 



other trees; and if the land is manured 

 for it so much the better. As to prun- 

 ing it, with a view to make it grow fast, 

 the less you do of that the better. All 

 that is necessary is to encourage the 

 leader, if necessary, by stopping any 

 laterals that try to interfere with it. In 

 the nurseries, when hollies are stunted 

 and bushy-headed, they are headed 

 down with a view to obtaining a clean 

 straight shoot; but they should not be 

 allowed to become stunted, and then 

 there would be no need to cut them 

 back. In hollies and all other things. 



Our own native Holly, {Ilex opaca,) 

 is a fine plant too long overlooked. — 

 Why do not persons of taste decorate 

 their grounds with this noble American 

 evergreen, which will grow in any soil, 

 and resist the winter's frost and sum- 

 mer's sun throughout the length and 

 breadth of our continent. 



HOLLYHOCK {Althaa rosea). There 

 is also a sub-species. A. R. Biloba. 

 This flower has lately gained the atten- 

 tion from florists it deserves; and there 

 are now many varieties. Dr. Lindley 

 justly observes that, "the hollyhock is 



stop where necessary ; but prune not at j little more than a biennial, and fre- 

 all if you can help it." — Gard. Chron. \ quently dies suddenly if sown too early 

 Large plants will bear moving: " if; in the first season, or if allowed to re- 

 they are shifted in wet weather, as, for \ main long in the seed-bed before trans- 

 example, at the beginning of the July j planting ; therefore the best way to 

 rains, or at any other period when a ■ keep them in health is not to sow them 

 week or ten days of dull damp weather i before June, and when large enough to 



can be calculated upon, they are certain 

 to succeed. The season least exposed 

 to risk is perhaps the end of autumn, 

 in the dull damp part of October or 

 November; the worst season is the 

 spring." — Gard. Chron. 



Dr. Lindley says that " the most ex- 

 peditious way of making holly-hedges is 

 to procure large plants from some nur- 

 sery ; but, with the smallest expense 

 and more time, the following may be 

 recommended : — 



" Gather a sufficient quantity of ber- 

 ries when ripe; then dig a hole three 

 or four feet deep, and throw the berries 

 in, crushing and mixing them with some 

 fine soil at the same time; close the 

 hole with the soil taken out, and throw 

 some litter, or other covering, over the 

 whole, to prevent the wet or frost pen- 

 etrating about them in beds. They 

 will make nice little plants the first sea- 

 son ; and by transplanting the stronger 



transplant them singly where they are 

 to remain and flower in the following 

 season : afterwards cut them down as 

 soon as they have done flowering, and 

 remove them to a fresh situation, where 

 the ground has been well manured, be- 

 fore winter. By continuing this treat- 

 ment you may keep the same variety 

 for years." — Gard. Chron. 



HOMERIA. Ten species. Green- 

 house bulbs. Offsets. Loam, peat, and 

 sand. 



HONESTY. Lunaria, 



HONEY-BERRY. Melicocca. 



HONEY-DEW. See Extravasated 

 Sap. 



HONEY-FLOWER. Melianthus. 



HONEY-GARLIC. Nee t arose or dum. 



HONEYSUCKLE. {Lonicera peri- 

 clymemim.) This hardy, beautiful, and 

 fragrant flowering shrub will grow in 

 almost any soil, and will thrive where 

 ew others will, under the shade of 



ones, vou will have fine plants in about trees. There are the following sub- 

 three years. The holly will not thrive species : — 



