Holly, Yew and Box 



arises for four or five days, and when no more 

 filth comes to the top, change it into a fresh 

 earthen vessel and prepare it for use thus : 

 Take what quantity you please of it, and, in an 

 earthen pipkin, add a third of capon's fat, or 

 goose grease, to it, well clarified, or oil of 

 walnuts, which is better ; incorporate these on 

 a gentle fire, continually stirring it till it be cold, 

 and thus your composition is finished." Hunters 

 Evelyn, p. 268. 



At Christmas time a great deal of berried 

 Holly finds its way into the market for house 

 and church decoration, and in some parts of the 

 country a considerable industry has sprung up in 

 the growing and selling of cut Holly. 



To I. opaca are credited similar qualities to 

 those of the European plant, whilst I. Cassine, 

 or I. vomitaria as it is often called, is used by 

 the North American Indians as an emetic. 



From the leaves of a tropical species from 

 S. America, I. paraguayensis, the "Mate" 

 or " Paraguay Tea " is prepared. This tea is 

 used largely in some parts of S. America in 

 preference to that prepared from the leaves of 

 Camellia theifera. 



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