Other Evergreen Hollies 



appearance. The tiny fruits are red and borne 

 in small clusters. It is found in the province of 

 Hupeh, and is not in general cultivation. 



I. Dahoon, Wa/ters = " The Dahoon Holly," I. 

 cassinoides and I. laurifolia, Link, not Hort. 

 I. Aquifolium var. scotica is sometimes met 

 with under the name of I. Dahoon, but it is an 

 entirely different plant. I. Dahoon is a native 

 of the S. United States, and it is doubtful 

 whether it is in cultivation now in English 

 gardens. Loudon describes it as "a beautiful 

 evergreen shrub or low tree with lanceolately 

 elliptical, nearly entire leaves almost revolute 

 in the margin ; the midrib, petiole, and branch- 

 lets villous. Flowers disposed in corymbose 

 panicles, that are upon lateral and terminal 

 peduncles, white, borne in May and June and 

 followed by red fruits which ripen in December." 

 It is stated to have been introduced in 1726. 



I. dipyrena, Wallich= " Himalayan Holly." 

 This is an ornamental, Himalayan species of 

 distinct appearance, and perfectly hardy in the 

 neighbourhood of London. At Kew, a fine 

 shapely specimen may be seen in the Holly 

 collection, which measures 22 feet high and 16 

 feet through. Sir D. Brandis, in his Forest Flora 

 of N. W. and Central India, states that " it is 

 common in the Himalaya from the Hindus to 

 Bhotan at elevations varying from 5,000 to 9,000 

 feet." It there forms a straight symmetrical 



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