smaller; male; brother sdlg. to DWARF PAGODA; USDA Hardiness 

 Zone 6b; sel., named, introd. by E. Orton; Holly Soc. Amer. Reg. No. 

 10-72, by E. Orton, Jr. (Nummularia Group). 



GREEN ISLAND (U.S. Pit. Pat. No. 817, Dec. 28, 1948) - to J. Styer; low, 

 spreading, rapid growing, free branching, retains form without clipping; 

 lvs. smaller than ordinary, good year-round color; male; hardy to Boston, 

 Albany, northern New York; orig. from seed in Styer's Nurs., 

 Concordville, Pennsylvania. Wister et al., Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6:29. 

 1953 - sel. 1935 and introd. by Styer 1949. Proc. 75th Ann. Conv. Amer. 

 Nurserymen's Assoc, p. 138. 1949 - Pit. Reg. No. 150 by Styer's Nurs. - 

 tolerant of wetness; hardy St. Louis, Pittsburgh, New York. 



GREEN LUSTER COMPACTA (Pallack Bros. Nurs., Harmony, 



Pennsylvania, cat. 1981) - medium growing; lvs. glossy. Presumably not 

 the same plant as GREEN LUSTRE, since both names are also listed in 

 the cat. Illegitimate, since part of the name is in Latin form. = 

 ? LUSTER. 



GREEN LUSTRE (Orlando Pride Nurs., Butler, Pennsylvania, cat. p. 5. 

 1963-64, without descr.) - very hardy; sdlg. of STOKES. O. Pride, Proc. 

 Holly Symp., Ann. Meet. Missouri State Nurs. Assoc, p. 1 1. 1963 - orig. 

 about 1953 as a sdlg. of STOKES given to O. Pride by Warren Stokes, 

 Butler, Pennsylvania; sel., named, and introd. by O. Pride; hardy as 

 STOKES. Low, very compact, dwarf but faster growing than STOKES 

 or TINY TIM, more upright than STOKES; lvs. slightly less than 2.54 

 cm long, very dark and shiny; female. 



GREEN MOUNTAIN (H. Losely and Son Nurs., Perry, Ohio, cat. p. 7. sp. 

 1981, without descr.). G. Klingaman, Amer. Nurseryman 154(12): 1 17. 

 1981, without descr. 



GREEN PYGMY (R. Clark, Proc 28th Meet. Holly Soc. Amer., p. 11. 

 1960) - Holly Soc Amer. Reg. No. 3-60, 1961 by A. Shammarello; 

 compact, dwarf; lvs. glossy, convex; female; orig. 1953 at Shammarello 

 Nurs., South Euclid, Ohio, as sdlg. of CONVEXA and as sister sdlg. to 

 MENTOR DENSE. U.S. Pit. Pat. No. 2069, July 4, 1961, by A. 

 Shammarello; uniform growing,- requiring a minimum of trimming; lvs. 

 smaller than CONVEXA, slightly convex; female. = PYGMY. 



GREEN SPLENDOR (G. Klingaman, Amer. Nurseryman 154(12): 109. 

 1981, without descr.). Angelica Nurs., Kennedy ville, Maryland, cat. 

 p. 35. fall 1985-86 - introd. by Angelica Nurs.; broad pyramidal; lvs. 

 glossy, slightly larger than MICROPHYLLA. 



GREEN THUMB (John Vermeulen & Son Nurs., Neshanic Sta., New 

 Jersey, cat. p. 15. fall 1955) - low, spreading, compact, self-branching, 

 grows rapidly while young; lvs. light, bright green; hardy. D. Wyman, 

 Arnoldia 20(4):44. 1960 - dwarf; female; introd. by Vermeulen 1956. 

 R. Clark, Proc. 31st Meet. Holly Soc Amer., p. 11. 1961 - Holly Soc 

 Amer. Reg. No. 2-61 by Vermeulen; orig. 1945 from sdlg. obtained 1945 

 and sel. 1955 by Vermeulen. 



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