descr.) - introd. about 1947 by Styer's Nurs. D. Wyman, Amer. 

 Nurseryman 1 12(9): 122. 1960 - slow growing, globe shaped; lvs. small; 

 sdlg. orig. about 1932. Sel. and named by Styer's Nurs., Concordville, 

 Pennsylvania; female. 



SHOUL (Towson Nurs., Cockeysville, Maryland, cat. p. 8. sp. 1963, as 

 SHOULI, without descr.). Compact, spreading, low growing; lvs. gray 

 green; probably introd. by Towson Nurs.; named for Lawrence Shoul 

 before 1957. By providing a descr., the authors are the first to 

 legitimately publish the name SHOUL. 



SIR ECHO (Cannon Plants, Greenwood, Delaware, cat. p. 3. fall 1977, 

 without descr.). Orig. at Cannon Plants, Greenwood, Delaware. Brother 

 sdlg. to BUTTERBALL, FORTY NINER, HONEYCOMB, IVORY 

 HALL, IVORY TOWER, STARGLOW. Lvs. oval to slightly 

 obovate; fr. yellow; heavy fruiting. One of seven yellow fr. pits, from 

 400 sdlgs. rec. from USDA. (Watanabeana Group). Illegitimate, since 

 the name /. aquifolium SIR ECHO has priority. 



SIROFUKURIN (J. Creech, Pit. Explorations Ornamentals in Southern 

 Japan, USDA, ARS 34-1:39. 1957, as var., PI 236234, without descr.). 

 E. Griffith and H. Highland, USDA Plant Inventory 164:221. April 

 1966, without descr. - as SHIRO-FUKURIN, variegated form, PI 

 236020; coll. by J. Creech from Nakada Nurs., Angyo, Japan. Ibid., 

 165:6. April 1966 - as SIRO-FUKURIN, PI 236234, without descr.; rec. 

 Jan. 1957; purchased by J. Creech from Nakada Nurs., Angyo, Japan. 

 The same pit. is represented by PI 236020 and PI 236234, and NA 

 25699. Illegitimate, because the name is a Japanese common name 

 (meaning white margin) and has unstable spellings in Romanji. = 

 SNOWFLAKE, /. crenata ALBO-MARGINATA of Conder. 



SIRUMI-INTSUGE (Seed Exchange List, Aritaki Arb., Saitama-Ken, 

 Japan, Pt. 1, p. 1. 1981, without descr.). This Romanji name is 

 considered a descriptive common name (English translation is "white 

 fruited holly") and is not acceptable as a cultivar name. (Watanabeana 

 Group). 



SKY PENCIL (Shibamichi Hoten Nurs., Kawaguchi-City, Saitama, 

 Japan, Wholesale Price List 1990, without descr.). Discovered in the 

 wild and named by Norihiro Shibamichi on Mount Daisen, Honshu, 

 Japan. Extremely and uniquely columnar, at least ten times taller than 

 wide; lvs. to 3.5 cm long and to 0.8 cm wide, curved, keeled, slightly 

 convex, elliptic, bases broadly acuminate, tips rounded, margins finely 

 serrate, color dark glossy green above, petioles 4 mm long. Female. 

 First introd. into U.S. in 1985 from the private collection of Dr. Masato 

 Yokoi, Kawaguchi City, Japan. Dr. Yokoi donated propagation 

 material of this selection (NA 57190) to the U.S. National Arboretum 

 collecting expedition of 1985 (sponsored by the Friends of the National 

 Arboretum). Now in commercial production in Japan. Legitimately 

 published here for the first time by providing a description. 



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