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We offer an unusual opportunity to plant old, Well-established Holly, and advise those who have the opportunity and 

 patience to get a bushel of berries from the North, sow them, wait till the second spring for them to come up, and grow 

 them about four years to get plants 2 feet high. Hedges and extensive plantings would then make a place famous. 



Euonymus 



Euonymus radicans and its varieties have been 

 fully described under vines, page 75. They are 

 useful as low shrubs and cover-plants. They 

 are entirely hardy and worthy of extended use 

 as edging for evergreen and deciduous planta- 

 tions and other planting in a flower-garden. 



Holly Ilex 



Ilex opaca. Fortunately, there is an American 

 Holly that is hardy and can be used extensively. 

 The English Holly is not hardy here. Holly is 

 now found on Long Island at Rockaway Beach, 

 Cedarhurst, Freeport, Deer Park, Fire Island, 

 Crane Neck, Montauk, and many other places. 

 It has been ruthlessly cut for Christmas deco- 

 ration, especially the berry-bearing trees, which 

 have been cut to the ground by those too lazy 

 to climb and cut the branches. It thrives in both 

 upland and swamp, and the principal reason that 

 it is so rarely seen is because nurserymen 

 have so few plants. The secret of success 

 in transplanting it is to prune it severely 

 and pick off all the leaves if planting with- 

 out a ball of earth. Transplanting can be 

 done in the spring. It is not practical to 

 tell with young plants whether they will 

 produce berries or not, therefore, buy 

 several. We have a fine stock of plants 

 that are eight to ten years old and are 

 well established, bushy specimens. 



Japanese. Ilex crenata. This has a beautiful 

 color, rivaling the Boxwood. It grows to 

 about 3 feet in height and makes a compact 

 plant with a sprightly, irregular outline. 

 The tips of the branches winter-kill, especi- 

 ally if it has made a rapid and late growth. 

 Old plants grow more slowly and are hard- 

 ier, and this killing of the tips should not 

 discourage its extended use. It may be 

 planted at the base of house foundations, 

 among groups of deciduous shrubs to give 

 them winter interest and, from the appear- 

 ance of the plant and its relationship tc 

 the Youpon of the Virginia coast, we would 

 suggest its extensive planting along the 



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shore as at Southampton and the Rockaways. 

 We have several thousand two-year seedlings 

 which we offer cheap to some one who wishes 

 to try this experiment, or to use them as a substi- 

 tute for Box edging. 



Inkberry (Ilex Glabra) 



This shrub is native to moist ground on the 

 south side of Long Island, growing about 3 feet high, 

 with Boxwood-like foliage. Beautiful specimens 

 can be seen from the railroad across the Water 

 Works pond near Merrick. They are solid domes 

 about 4 feet high. 



There are many trees and plants growing wild 

 which are excellent landscape material. Many fail 

 to make collected stock thrive because they cut the 

 roots short and leave the tops long, or because they 

 do not understand the importance of selecting un- 

 crowded individuals. 



Leucothoe Calesbaei. It is even more beautiful in foliage than the 

 Laurel because of its long, arching growth. It will thrive in deep 

 woods or add an interesting touch of winter color to a group of 

 deciduous shrubs. (See page 70.) 



