The Deciduous Hollies 



sometimes called the " Smooth-leaved Winter 

 Berry." 



I. macropoda, Miquel. This is the largest 

 growing of the Japanese deciduous Hollies. In 

 Japan it is stated to form a round-headed tree 20 

 to 30 feet high, with a trunk sometimes as much 

 as a foot in diameter. Its principal attraction 

 from an ornamental standpoint lies in its bright 

 red, long-stalked fruits. 



I. rugosa, F. Schmidt. This is a deciduous, 

 Japanese species of little value for ornamental 

 work. It forms a many-branched bush ; a 

 thicket of branches rising from one root-stock. 

 The leaves are small, rugose, more or less ovate, 

 with ciliate margins. The fruits are solitary in 

 the leaf axils and are borne on long slender 

 stalks. In comparison with other Hollies the 

 flowers are rather large. 



I. Sieboldi, Miquel. This is very like the 

 deciduous Hollies of N. America in general 

 appearance. It cannot be called an ornamental 

 plant by any stretch of imagination, except when 

 covered with its red fruit in winter, and even then 

 it is scarcely as bright as I. verticillata. A native 

 of Japan, it forms a tall, spreading bush 12 feet 

 or more high, with small, ovate, acute, serrate 

 leaves. The flowers are small, borne in axillary 

 clusters and are followed by tiny red berries. 

 Berry-laden shoots are said to be sold in large 

 quantities in Japanese towns for decorative 

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