144 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



sheltered from cutting winds and the morning sun in 

 winter. 



A broad-leaved Evergreen which should be planted 

 in every garden is the Inkberry (Ilex glabra), 

 one of the most attractive of native shrubs. It is 

 densely branched and compact in habit and grows 

 from five to eight feet high and as much in diameter, 

 and has dark, glossy green, smooth, rounded leaves 

 and black fruit on inch-long stalks. It forms a neat 

 and shapely specimen in the open, is excellent for 

 massing, and is a good hedge plant. The leaves do 

 not burn and the plant grows well in ordinary garden 

 soil and is beautiful at all seasons, be it midwinter or 

 midsummer. One would reasonably suppose that 

 so useful a shrub would be grown in quantity by the 

 nurserymen of eastern North America, but, alas! 

 this class from earliest generations has derived its 

 inspiration entirely from Europe and apparently de- 

 spises American plants as too common for attention. 



The Japanese Ilex crenata is another valuable 

 evergreen Holly and being an exotic is fairly easy to 

 obtain from nurserymen. It makes a stiff bush with 

 its short, dense branches and is handsome as a speci- 

 men and is well adapted for making hedges. The 

 leaves are small, blackish green and the fruit is black 

 and is freely produced. There are two or three 



