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ornamental tree or shrub in gardens ; is employed for making birdlime; and 

 the wood is used in turnery and cabinet-making. It is propagated in the 

 same manner as the common holly. There is a plant of this species in the 

 garden at Walton House 25 ft. high ; a large one at Syon ; and many fine 

 plants at White Knights. Plants, in London, are \s. 6d. each; at New 

 York, 40 cents, and seeds 1 dollar a quart. 

 Varieties. There are none in the British gardens ; but Rafinesque mentions 

 I. o. 2 macrodon, with remote long teeth ; I. o. 3 latifblia, with broad ovate 

 leaves, rounded at the base, and small teeth ; I. o. 4 acuminata, with narrow 

 and very sharp leaves ; and I. o. 5 globosa, a small plant, with a globose 

 foliage. These names are not in Prince's Catalogue ; but we hope some 

 collector will procure them from their native habitats, and send them to 

 England. 



* 4. /. (o.) laxiflo^ra Lam. The loose-flowered Holly. 



Identification. Lam Diet., 3. p. 147. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. 

 Synonymes. A variety of I. opaca, according to Nuttal, Dec. ; /. /fquifulium baccis flavis Wall 

 Fl. Carol., 241. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, sinuately toothed, spiny, coriaceous, glabrous. Stipules awl-shaped. 

 Peduncles loosely branched, bearing many flowers, and placed in a scattered manner above the 

 axils of the leaves. Teeth of the calyx acute. Fruit yellow. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 14.) Described by 

 Pursh as an evergreen shrub, of lower growth than /. opaca ; found in Carolina, in shady sandy 

 woods, with whitish flowers, and yellowish red berries. It produces its flowers in May and June", 

 and was introduced into England in 1811. "We have not seen this sort, but think it, in all proba- 

 bility, only a variety. Seeds of it are advertised in Mr. Charlwood's Catalogue at 4s. a quart. 



B. Leaves toothed, serrated, or crenate, but not spiny. 

 * 5. /. Cass^ne Ait. The Cassine-like, or broad-leaved Dahoon, Holly. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew , p. 170. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. 



Synonymes. ^quifulium carolinense Catesb. Car., l.t. 31. ; /. caroliniana Mill. Diet., No. 3. ; /. 



cassinbides Link. Enum., 1. p. 148.; I.Dahodn Walt. Fl. Car., 241.; the Cassena of the American 



Indians, Rafin. 

 Engravings. Catesb. Car.,'l. t. 31. ; E. of PI., No. 1828. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, sharply sawed, flat ; the midribs, 

 petioles, and branchlets glabrous ; the flowers upon lateral corymbosely 

 branched peduncles. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 14.) An evergreen low tree, from 

 8ft. to 12 ft. in height; a native of Lower Carolina and Florida, in shady 

 swamps; and introduced into England in 1700. The flowers are small, and 

 of a yellowish white; they are produced in August, and are succeeded by 

 round red berries rather smaller than those of the common holly. The 

 berries continue on the trees the most part of the winter, untouched by 

 birds ; and, being of a bright red, and large in proportion to the leaves, 

 which are about the size of those of the common arbutus, they make a fine 

 appearance, both in their native country and in ^ lg4 



England. The leaves and young shoots of this 

 species are used by the Indians for the same pur- 

 poses as those of /. vomitoria and /. Dahoon. 

 This species is not unfrequent in British collec- 

 tions : there is a specimen of it, 10 ft. high, in 

 the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, and a small 

 one in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 

 It is commonly propagated by seeds ; but it will 

 also strike by cuttings, or it may be grafted on the 

 common holly. Plants, in the London nurseries, 

 cost 2s. 6d. each ; at New York, 1 dollar, and 

 seeds 2 dollars a quart. 



Variety. 



* I. C. 2 angustifblia (fig. 184.), with oblong-lanceolate sub- 

 entire leaves, is mentioned in the Nouveau Du Hamel. 



* 6. /. angustifo v lia Willd. The narrow-leaved Holly. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 172. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. 



Synonymes. I. wyrtifolia Walt. Carol., 241., N. Duh., and Lodd. Cat. ; I. rosmarinifolia Lam. IlL 



1. p. 356. 

 Engravings. N. Duh,, 1. t. 4. ; and our./?g. 185. 



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