A PERSONAL WORD 
When I began to grow American Hollies more than 20 years ago, 
nurserymen raised only a few and little was written about the culture of 
this wonderful native. I had to learn the hard way, through practical ex- 
perience. Almost from the very beginning certain factors became progres- 
sively more evident, perhaps the most important, that my stock was not as 
hardy as desired. 
Southern material, although fine looking, did not do well. Hollies 
brought in from the swamps and woodlands of New Jersey and Massa- 
chusetts, as a whole, did little better. You see, my Hollies have to be 
able to “take it,” for I grow everything in open fields exposed to full sun 
and wind. 
Success started when I found that Hollies transplanted to my fields 
from exposed places did much better than most of those from protected 
swamps. 
The immediate result was that my work seemed much harder because 
only a few plants were available where before I had had thousands to 
choose from. Slowly, year by year, however, my stock has grown stronger 
and more hardy. This is proven by the fact that Hollies I have sold are 
doing well with proper care in Maine, around Lake Winnepasaukee, N. H., 
at Keene, N. H., Lake Placid, N. Y., in the Catskills, at Pittsburgh, Pa., and 
hundreds of far northern places where Holly has never been grown before. 
There are many excellent Hollies among the thousands that make 
up the nine acres I have growing on my farm. Six of the very best have 
been named and a very brief story of each appears on the following pages. 
They represent the greatest advance ever made in American Hollies. Each 
is different from the other but all can be described with just one word— 
Hardy. 
EARLE DILATUSH. 
CARDINAL—Heaviest bearer known. Very compact slow grower, fruits when young. My 
best seller. Massachusetts. 
BOUNTIFUL—Heavy berry bearer, compact grower, best money maker on record. Dark 
green leaves. Hardy. New Jersey. 
MERRY CHRISTMAS—Good grower, best all round ‘Holly. Very hardy. Has been tried all 
over the country. Lots of exceptionally large bright berries and large dark green leaves. 
New Jersey. Parent tree now in Catskill Mountains. 
OLD HEAVY BERRY—The Holly I like best of all. Very tough. Leaf heavy, dark, larger 
than most. Lots of berries every year. Fine grower, bears when very young. Has excep- 
tional root system. New Jersey. 
CAPE COD DWARF—Low, flat, real dwarf, no othe: like it. Best novelty for rock garden. 
Good berries and leaf. Very hardy. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 
BITTERSWEET—Beautiful in late fall. Different from all others. Berries orange in October, 
red in winter. Heavy bearer. Good, large, flat leaf. Hardy. Massachusetts. 
Prices of above named Hollies: l-year rooted cuttings in pots, $1.00 net. 2-year grafts, 
Old Heavy Berry and Merry Christmas only, pots, $2.00 net. 
Hundreds of good unnamed nursery-grown Hollies up to 28 feet at reasonable prices. 
