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Nancy (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 35. 1953, without 

 descr.). = Wheeler #13. 



Nash (Proc. 3d Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. p. 35. 1953, male without 

 descr.) — select, about 1940 from New Jersey by T. Windon and E. C. 

 White. 



Natale (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3): 176. 1947)— fruit large, highly 

 colored in great clusters, very tolerant to cold and wind. H. G. Mattoon, 

 Plants & Gardens 3(4) : 238. 1947 — fruit very large, deep scarlet, appear 

 on upper part of new growth with few hidden by very fine foliage; 

 "Natale" is Latin for Christmas or Natal Day. Hume, "Hollies," p. 63. 

 1953 — leaves very coriaceous, rigid, dark green, elliptic, spines regular; 

 fruit abundant, highly colored bright red, ellipsoid, borne singly on 

 very short pedicels; very hardy selection found on property of Peter 

 Barbosa, West Barnstable, Massachusetts, considered by W. Wheeler 

 to be one of the best American hollies. D. Wyman, Arnoldia 14(12) : 72. 

 1954 — very compact and slow growing; fruit very glossy and abundant, 

 borne on short stems and held closely to branches. Select, by P. Barbosa 

 at West Barnstable, Massachusetts, and named by W. Wheeler. 



Natalie Webster (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 35. 

 1953, without descr.) — select, about 1945 by P. Vossberg. 



Needlepoint (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 36. 1953, 

 male without descr.) — select. 1929 and introd. 1948 by E. Dilatush. 

 Kelsey Nurs., Highlands, New Jersey, Special Cat. 1959 — leaves small 

 with very sharp spines; female. Appalachian Nurs., Waynesboro, Penn- 

 sylvania, Cat. p. 14. 1959 — spines large and long; fruit excellent, red. 



Nell (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 36. 1953, without 

 descr.) — select, by W. Wheeler and E. C. White. = Alto #15, Aalto 

 #15. 



Nellie Collins (W. Wheeler, Proc. 29th Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. 

 p. 2. 1960, without descr.) — discov. in Massachusetts by P. Barbosa; 

 select, by W. Wheeler. 



Nelson (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3): 176. 1947) — annual bearing; 

 fruit medium, spherical, bright ; select, from Victory, Kentucky, at over 

 1,500-foot elev. by W. C. Frierson. 



Nelson West (Proc. 38th Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. p. 11. 1965)— 

 leaves narrow, % inch wide, deeply spinose, light green; male. Discov. 

 near New Lisbon, New Jersey, by Nelson and Peggy West; Holly Soc. 

 Amer. Registr. No. 7-64 by M. L. B. Hill. = Mrs. Peggy West. 



Newberry (M. Baron and G. Parmelee, New Rare Plants on Campus, 

 Michigan State Univ. List 17, p. 6. 1966, female without descr.). Often 

 misspelled as New Berry. 



New Jersey (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 36. 1953, 

 without descr.) — select, by W. J. Dauber. 



