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Borough Recreation Ground, by the East India Dock 

 Road, and at Fulham and Lambeth ; while in Russell 

 Square there is a specimen of almost giant proportions. 

 By the dozen may the Holly be counted in the Poplar 

 Recreation Ground, two specimens by the main 

 entrance gate being 14 feet high, with well-furnished 

 stems of closely packed branches which extend to 

 12 feet in diameter and look the picture of health. 

 It is remarkable how many varieties of the Holly 

 succeed in the East End gardens, and how bright the 

 foliage appears. A conspicuous evergreen by the 

 very cramped garden of a house in Stainsby Road, 

 off the Commercial Road East, is a 30 feet high speci- 

 men of the Common Holly, the stem of which is fully 

 15 inches in diameter. In the central parks the 

 Holly, though wanting in the freshness of foliage 

 of country-grown specimens, may be said to succeed, 

 and, though dirty of appearance, sometimes reaches 

 tree height. Near the Marble Arch in Hyde Park 

 the Minorca Holly has succeeded well and attained 

 to goodly proportions. 



But probably in no other part of London can so 

 many Hollies of large size and so healthy condition 

 be seen as in Battersea Park, where specimens up to 

 30 feet in height are common. In Lincoln's Inn 

 Fields there are also many grand specimen Hollies. 

 Unless in the cleaner and more open parts of London 

 the Holly is, however, not to be recommended for 

 general planting. 



For hedging the Holly is one of our most useful 

 trees, while the timber is of considerable utility in 

 the making of mathematical instruments and sells 

 readily. Birdlime is made from the bark. 



The Holly can be propagated in several ways 



