Hollies as Specimen Plants 



For the garden proper the rarer species and 

 the best of the varieties of I. Aquifolium should 

 be used as specimens, whilst for the wilder parts 

 the type of the " Common Holly " and the yellow 

 fruited variety are the most desirable. 



On open lawns the pendulous Hollies can be 

 used with great effect, the " Common Green 

 Weeping" and "Perry's Weeping" being most 

 often met with. At Kew several fine examples 

 of " Weeping Hollies" are to be found, the 

 largest one standing on a lawn near the 

 Succulent House. This is 15 feet high, 50 

 feet in circumference, and of uniform outline. 

 A few years ago many large specimen Hollies, 

 both of ordinary and weeping habit, were to be 

 seen in the Necropolis Cemetery at Brookwood. 



The following species and varieties form good 

 specimens : I. Aquifolium and varieties angusti- 

 folia, argentea marginata, argentea medio-picta, 

 argentea pendula, argentea regina, Handsworth 

 New Silver, aurifodina, aurea marginata, aurea 

 medio-picta, aurea regina, ciliata, crispa, donning- 

 tonensis, ferox, ferox argentea, fructu luteo, hands- 

 worthensis, integrifolia, laurifolia, camelliaefolia, 

 myrtifolia, scotica, ovata, Watereriana, and whit- 

 tingtonensis ; I. cornuta, I. dipyrena, I. latifolia, 

 I. opaca, I. platyphylla and varieties, I. Mundyi, 

 I. Wilsoni, I. altaclarensis, I. Hodginsii, etc. 



