I. Will Holly Grow Where 
I Live? 
Try this interesting little game. Get a pencil 
and a map of the Eastern United States. Start at 
Eastport, Me., and draw a line from that point 
through Augusta, Me., Portland, Me., Springfield, 
Mass., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Harrisburg, Pa., York, 
Pa., Culpeper, Va., Winston-Salem, N. C., Green- 
ville, S. C., then westward to the Mississippi River. 
Holly, with the right ground’ and the proper 
care, will grow almost anywhere from this line to 
the Atlantic Ocean. 
A fact which will surprise many is that latitude 
is not the real limiting factor in the growing of 
Holly here in the East. Altitude affects much 
more. You may find it hard to grow Holly if you 
live more than twelve hundred feet above sea level. 
Near the ocean you can plant Holly without 
much thought as to location, but as you go higher 
in altitude it is well to have some protection from 
the west and north. Use trees, buildings, anything 
to keep off the sharp, cold, dry winds. A few hem- 
lock trees for a wind barrier will make it practical 
to grow Holly in many places where few people 
dream it is possible. 
It can be grown in hundred of localities north 
and west of the line you have just drawn. If you 
live near a lake, pond or river you are indeed for- 
tunate, because Holly likes to be near the water. 
Plant near the water if your land is well drained, 
but do not plant in wet, swampy ground. 
2. Will Holly Grow In 
My Ground? 
Holly will grow almost equally well in any kind 
of soil, whether clay, sand or gravel, if it is prop- 
erly prepared before planting. 
Holly will not grow in your old rose border or 
where the ground has been made alkaline by the 
use of lime, ground bone or fresh manure. ‘The 
border or bed where flowers grow so well is usually 
sweet, too. The ground must be sour for Holly. 
Luckily, this is easily accomplished. 
Perhaps the best way is to add plenty of leat- 
mold from the nearby woods. Use two or three 
bushels to the tree; more, if you can get it at 
a reasonable price. You can hardly use too much. 
I am growing Holly in leafmold a foot and a 
half thick, and it has the most wonderful root 
system I have ever seen. In most instances com- 
posted manure (not less than three years old— 
never use fresh manure) added to the leafmold 
