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Plant Notes/' v. 1, pt. 1, p. 231 — select, by G. L. Taber; named by 

 H. Hume, 1910-20. [Wister records, op. eil, p. 227, that G. L. Taber, 

 the fourder of the Glen St. Mary Nursery in Florida, and H. H. Hume, 

 his assistant during the early years of 1900, selected wild trees with 

 fine foliage or fruit for propagation and distribution as "improved 

 varieties" of the American Holly.] 



Taber #2 (Proc. 3d Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. p. 5. 1948, without descr.) . 



Taber #3 (Kelsey Nurs., New York, New York, Cat. p. 7. 1933)— female 

 without descr. Glen Saint Mary Nurs., Glen Saint Mary, Florida, Cat. p. 

 13. 1938 — distinctly fastigiate; leaves few spined; heavy fruiting. Hume, 

 Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3) : 178. 1947 — fastigiate; leaves elliptic, dark, shin- 

 ing green, curved, keeled, few spines; fruit ovoid, medium shiny red; 

 heavy bearing. Hume, "Hollies," p. 66. 1953 — fastigiate; conical; leaves 

 flat, curved, coriaceous, dull green, obovate, -spines on upper half; fruit 

 abundant, widely spaced, ellipsoid, red; probably orig. as a seedling 

 from Tennessee, grown at Glen Saint Mary Nurs. Galle, Natl. Hort. 

 Mag. 36(1) : 31. 1957 — distinctly conical; leaves dull green; heavy fruit- 

 ing with medium-size, widely spaced glossy-red fruit. Variously mis- 

 spelled as Taber No. 3, Tabor #3, ?Toner #3. 



Taber #4 (Glen Saint Mary Nurs., Glen Saint Mary, Florida, Cat. pp. 2 

 and 9. 1941) — slightly drooping large growing; fruit bright red, very 

 large. Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3) : 178. 1947 — leaves obovate to ellip- 

 tic, dull dark green, thick, curved; select, by H. Hume. Misspelled as 

 Taber No. 4. 



Ten Oaks (Ten Oaks Nurs., Clarksville, Maryland, Cat. p. 40. 1950)— 

 leaves large, deep green; fruit oblong, large, orange red; orig. near 

 Clarksville, Maryland, introd. by Ten Oaks Nurs. 



Terry (Proc. 38th Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. p. 12. 1965) — leaves dis- 

 tinct, dark green, glossy; female; discov. 1939 in Sussex County, Dela- 

 ware, by W. Phillips; Holly Soc. Amer. Registr. No. 2-65 by W. Phillips. 



Thanksgiving (M. Baron and G. Parmelee, New Rare Plants on Cam- 

 pus, Michigan State Univ. List 17, p. 6. 1966, without descr.). O. Pride, 

 Holly Letter 40, p. 4. 1971 — broadly pyramidal, dense; leaves small, 

 shiny green, persistent to third year, free of leaf spot; fruit deep red, 

 average size, heavy bearer; hardy to — 30° F.; recommended for garden 

 and orchard; introd. 1963 by O. Pride. Verified by originator, O. Pride, 

 as in (Grace Hybrid Group). 



THOMAS Holly Haven, New Lisbon, New Jersey, Cat. p. 2. 1955, with- 

 out descr.). 



Thompson (Wilmat Holly Co., Narberth, Pennsylvania, Cat. p. 2. 1955, 

 without descr.) — "Will thrive in any of the northern states." 



Thunderbird (Proc. 31st Meeting Holly Soc. Amer. p. 11. 1961)— 

 compact, conical; fruit cardinal red; foliage medium dark green, glossy; 



