Replacing the less hardy Old English Boxwood, 
a closely trimmed specimen Holly on each side of 
the steps leading to your main door will give dig- 
nity and distinction to your whole planting. 
You will like Holly as a background for your 
Japanese flowering cherry or ‘other flowering 
shrubs. A beautiful planting can be made with 
Folly and white dogwood. 
Holly is a permanent tree and will grow in 
beauty with age, so I like it best planted as a 
specimen with lots of room to grow. 
Seashore winds hurt it little, but some protec- 
tion from the cold, dry west and north winds will 
help keep the late winter foliage a brighter and 
more attractive green and the ber ries aa stay red 
longer, too. Holly requires very little special care, 
but. it will pay you to follow closely the planting 
directions that follow. Dont’t skimp on the mulch. 
6. What Is the Right Way 
to Plant My Holly? 
Dig a hole for your tree twice the width and 
depth of the root ball, even larger will pay. Cart 
away one-half of the soil you “have just dug up 
and bring back an equal quantity of compost (this 
composted material should be made up of two 
parts of leafmold from oak woods and one part 
old cow manure with some cottonseed meal 
added) ; mix the compost thoroughly with your 
heap of soil and throw some in the bottom of the 
hole. 
Now place your tree in the center of the hole 
about four inches deeper than it was in the nur- 
sery. Fill the hole almost full and add lots of 
water, several buckets full, and let it settle for a 
few minutes. Finish with the last six inches of 
material made up of much more compost, all com- 
post, 1f you have it to spare. 
Remember, use lots of compost and loads of 
water, as proper soil preparation and careful 
planting will do more than anything else to make 
your Ffolly a success. 
Do not pile the dirt up around the tree cone 
shaped, as so many people do their shrubbery. 
Always leave the soil around your Holly level 
with, or slightly below the surrounding ground. 
See illustrations 1 and 2. 
Many years of experience have taught me that 
Folly planted carefully, as outlined Site will 
grow to its maximum beauty. 
Do not let good friends mislead you by urging 
that you give some other special treatment. Wish- 
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