green than that of our common plant, its flowers 
less abundant, its growth more free, and its leaves 
larger. 
For fences, the common Holly should be pre- 
ferred, it being of closer growth, and its leaves a 
better defence against intmders. Indeed, it is a 
matter of surprise to us that Holly is not more 
usually adopted for hedges about gardens and the 
home-stead, instead of Privet and the Hawthorn. 
Carefully planted it will form a fence almost as 
soon as Hawthorn, will never become unsightly 
from the attacks of insects, will be impenetrable, 
even to birds ; and may be kept substantial wth 
far less trouble than any other vegetable fence, and 
that, probably, for hundreds of years. 
As single trees, in plantations, the Holly pro- 
duces a good effect ; and although from the scarcity 
of the Ilex balearica, we have seen no specimen 
above twelve feet, we doubt not its growing to far 
greater height than the common species, aquifoli- 
um, of which many trees occur of the height of 
forty feet, even north of Edinburgh. In the vici- 
nity of London, some have been observed of much 
greater altitude ; in one instance — at Claremont, 
a Holly is now growing, upwards of eighty feet 
high, and in many instances they may be seen 
from fifty to sixty feet high. 
As regards the cultivation of the Ilex balearica 
no directions are required that will not equally 
apply to the common species ; the management of 
this, however, is not well understood, and we hope 
to return to this subject ei'e long, and then to give 
directions regarding the culture of Holly. 
