COMMON HOLLY. 



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Genus Ilex. 



Ilex aquifolium. 



Linn. Syst. Tetrandria 



Tetraijynia. 



Ilex aquifolium. Linn. 

 COMMON HOLLY. 



Linn. sp. pi. 181. 



Smith's Eng. Bot. v. 7. 1. 496. 2nd. Eng. Flor. i. p. 226. 



Hooker's Flo. Sco. 57. 



Loudon's Arb. Brit. p. m. ch. xxxiv. p. 565. 



The size which the Holly frequently attains in a state of 

 nature as well as when under cultivation, its beauty and 

 importance in forest and woodland scenery, either as a 



