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Hlex aquifolium. Narurar Orver: Aguifoliacee —Holly Family. 
©)LEX, signifying originally in Latin a species of oak, came 
finally to be appropriated as the botanical name of the Holly; 
mand aquifolium, from the Latin words acus, a needle, and 
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folium, a leaf, has been added to designate its marked char- 
acteristic of sharp-pointed leaves. We have in the United 
States several species, some of which are shrubs from six to 
twelve feet in height, others attaining the size of trees. The leaves 
are glossy and evergreen, the lower ones being armed with thorns. 
~ In autumn, bright red berries deck their branches. There are over a 
* hundred varieties now cultivated in Europe, where they are all hardy, 
% and most of them of fine appearance. In this country in northern 
“7, latitudes they nearly all require protection from the severity of the frost, 
(@,by a covering of some kind. The wood of the Ilex opaca is fine grained 
‘= and compact, and is useful in wood turning: some of the others possess 
properties useful in medical science. 
Foresight. 
| LOVE to view these things with curious eyes, 
And moralize; 
And in this wisdom of the holly tree 
Can emblems see 
Wherewith, perchance, to make a pleasant rhyme, 
One which may profit in the after-time. 
Thus though abroad, perchance, I might appear And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, 
Harsh and austere Some harshness show, 
To those who on my leisure would intrude, All vain asperities I, day by day, 
Reserved and rude; Would wear away, 
Gentle at home amid my friends Id be, Till the smooth temper of my age should be 
Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. 
—Robert Southey. 
ALK boldly and wisely in that light thou hast; 
There is a hand above will help thee on. Ni 
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