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The Century Dictionary gives 36 names of places in which 

 the word Holly occurs, and its range in the eastern part of 

 the United States — from Maine to Florida, and westward to 

 Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Texas — ^would seem to assure us 

 that Holly was formerly abundant and widely distributed in 

 the Eastern States. It has disappeared almost entirely from 

 the Northern States and is rapidly diminishing in the Southern ; 

 all that comes to market is obtained from wild plants, and much 

 of it is taken without the consent of the owners. 



Holly plants, 2, 3, and 4 years old grown from seeds sown in January. 



We are advocating the replanting of Holly from seeds by 

 everyone who uses Holly for Christmas decorations, and the 

 growing of Holly from cuttings by dealers to supply the ever- 

 growing demand for living plants. Bailey, in the Standard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, says that the seeds do not germinate 

 until the second year, that young seedlings should be trans- 

 planted after they are two years old, and that all or nearly 

 all, of the leaves should be stripped off from Ilex opaca and /. 



