IV 



HOLLIES AS SPECIMEN PLANTS 



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evergreen Hollies are especially 

 adapted for forming specimen plants, 

 in fact the majority of the varieties 

 never look better than when standing 

 alone, or arranged in groups wide enough apart 

 so that no two plants touch. Even when 

 employed in mixed shrubberies, it is advisable 

 to let them stand well out of the surrounding 

 vegetation and to remove other plants from the 

 vicinity as they increase in growth, so that no 

 appearance of crowding will be apparent. As 

 the majority of the Hollies form evenly balanced 

 specimens with very little attention to training, 

 they are subjects that cause comparatively little 

 trouble, whilst they always look bright and 

 vigorous. Their superiority over such other 

 evergreens as the majority of Coniferous trees 

 is very evident in places where the atmosphere 

 is at all impure, for, while the Conifers, as a rule, 

 are painful to behold, and eke out but a lingering 

 existence for a few years, the Hollies usually 

 thrive, form fine plants, and live for several 

 generations. 



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