JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XXIII December, 1922. No. 276 
HOLLY, LAUREL AND WINTERBERRY 
(With Plate 281) 
As the Christmas season draws near the sale of holly, winter- 
ew! 
holly, laurel and evergreens! It will be many years before this 
vandalism can be checked. think of being receivers of 
stolen goods, at Christmas tim 
It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce that the 
Garden Club of America, the New England Society for the 
Club of America is advocating the planting of holly and creating 
a demand among nurserymen for locally-grown plants; because 
it is a well-known fact that the holly, like many of the broad- 
leaved evergreens, has some races which are less hardy than 
others, it seems advisable to secure plants a to be hardy 
the vicinity of all large cities! On Staten Island there are only 
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