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orig. in the wild adjacent to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks at 

 Jackson, Harford County, Maryland; it was purchased by the B. & O. 

 RR along with the land in 1930 to preserve and maintain this very old 

 and handsome tree; it is decorated annually at Christmas time; Holly 

 Soc. Amer. Registr. No. 11-70 by William Pyne, Director, Public 

 Relations & Advertising, Chesapeake & Ohio and B. & O. Railroads, 

 Baltimore, Maryland. = Baltimore & Ohio R.R. 



Bailey (Kelsey Nurs., New York, New York, Cat. p. 7. Fall 1933, 

 female without descr.). Glen Saint Mary Nurs., Glen Saint Mary, 

 Florida, Cat. p. 13, 1938 — large spiny leaves, fruit red. Wister and 

 others, Holly Soc. Amer Bui. 6, p. 22. 1953, without descr. Named 1937 

 by Hume, from Florida. 



Baker (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3): 166. 1947)— broadly conical, 

 compact, dense; leaves small, obovate to rectangular, dull dark green 

 above, grayish below; male. Hume, "Hollies," p. 50. 1953 — densely 

 branched from ground up; leaves flat, thin, ridged, dull grayish green, 

 oval to elliptic; an "unusual male." Select, and named by Hume at Glen 

 Saint Mary Nurs., Glen Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida. 



Baker #1 (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3) : 166. 1947)— compact, dense; 

 leaves dark green, glossy, elliptic to obovate; male; select, and named 

 by Hume at Glen Saint Mary Nurs., Glen Saint Mary, Baker County, 

 Florida. = Baker #2. 



Baker #2 (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3) : 151. (illus. only) 1947, with- 

 out descr.). A typographical error for BAKER #1. 



Baltimore (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 51. 1953, as 

 doubtful name without descr.). = Lake City, Glen St. Mary, Salt 

 Lake City. 



Baltimore & Ohio R. K. (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, 

 p. 51. 1953, as doubtful name without descr.). Hume, "Hollies," p. 161. 

 1953, describes the fascinating history and tradition that has developed 

 around this famous tree, but did not specifically name it other than as 

 the "B. & O. Holly." Another common name for this particular tree, 

 which has received considerable and popular publicity, is "The Trav- 

 eler's Christmas Tree." = B. & O. 



Barberry (W. Wheeler, Ashumet Farm, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 

 Cat. p. 4. 1960) — dwarf, dense; leaves small, dark green, spiny; fruit 

 small, brilliant, abundant, shaped like those of the Japanese Barberry; 

 select., named, and introd. by W. Wheeler. 



Barbosa (W. Wheeler, Proc. 29th Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. p. 2. 1960, 

 without descr.) — select, and named by W. Wheeler at West Barnstable, 

 Massachusetts, from plants collected in the wild by Peter Barbosa. Mis- 

 spelled as Barbarosa. 



Beautiful Ohio (Holly Letter 36, p. 9. 1969)— leaves with wavy mar- 

 gins, 4 spines each side; fruit large, round, dark red; hardy in north 



