Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— Broad-leaved Evergreens 69 
We offer an unusual opportunity to plant old, well-established Holly, and advise those who have the opportunity and 
p utience to get a bushel of berries from the North, sow them, wait till the second spring for them to come up, and grow 
them about four years to get plants 2 feet high. Hedges and extensive plantings would then make a place famous. 
Euonymus 
Euonymus radicans and its varieties have been 
fully described under vines, page 75. They are 
useful as low shrubs and cover-plants. They 
are entirely hardy and worthy of extended use 
as edging for evergreen and deciduous planta- 
tions and other planting in a flower-garden. 
Holly • Ilex 
Ilex opaca. Fortunately, there is an American 
Holly that is hardy and can be used extensively. 
The English Holly is not hardy here. Holly is 
now found on Long Island at Rockaway Beach, 
Cedarhurst, Freeport, Deer Park, Fire Island, 
Crane Neck, Montauk, and many other places. 
It has been ruthlessly cut for Christmas deco- 
ration, especially the berry-bearing trees, which 
have been cut to the ground by those too lazy 
to climb and cut the branches. It thrives in both 
upland and swamp, and the principal reason that 
it is so rarely seen is because nurserymen 
have so few plants. The secret of success 
in transplanting it is to prune it severely 
and pick off all the leaves if planting with- 
out a ball of earth. Transplanting can be 
done in the spring. It is not practical to 
tell with young plants whether they will 
produce berries or not, therefore, buy 
several. We have a fine stock of plants 
that are eight to ten years old and are 
well established, bushy specimens. 
Japanese. Ilex crenata. This has a beautiful 
color, rivaling the Boxwood: It grows to 
about 3 feet in height and makes a compact 
plant with a sprightly, irregular outline. 
The tips of the branches winter-kill, especi- 
ally if it has made a rapid and late growth. 
Old plants grow more slowly and are hard- 
ier, and this killing of the tips should not 
discourage its extended use. It may be 
planted at the base of house foundations, 
among groups of deciduous shrubs to give 
them winter interest and, from the appear- 
ance of the plant and its relationship to 
the Youpon of the Virginia coast, we would 
suggest its extensive planting along the 
Holly, Japanese, continued 
shore as at Southampton and the Rockaways. 
We have several thousand two-year seedlings 
which we offer cheap to some one who wishes 
to try this experiment, or to use them as a substi- 
tute for Box edging. 
Inkberry (Ilex Glabra) 
This shrub is native to moist ground on the 
south side of Long Island, growing about 3 feet high, 
with Boxwood-like foliage. Beautiful specimens 
can be seen from the railroad across the Water 
Works pond near Merrick. They are solid domes 
about 4 feet high. 
There are many trees and plants growing wild 
which are excellent landscape material. Many fail 
to make collected stock thrive because they cut the 
roots short and leave the tops long, or because they 
do not understand the importance of selecting un- 
crowded individuals. 
Leucothoe Catesbaei. It is even more beautiful in foliage than the 
Laurel because of its long, arching growth. It will thrive in deep 
woods or add an interesting touch of winter color to a group of 
deciduous shrubs. (See page 70.) 
