cornuta—horned holly, and Burford holly, Ilex 
cornuta burfordi. This holly is in great demand, 
and is rather scarce. It has real decorative value 
both in the home and in the landscape. (Medium 
shrubs) The so-called JAPANESE HOLLIES, Ilex cre- 
nata, with their boxwood-like leaves and black ber- 
ries are becoming exceedingly popular. In the North 
they are often used in the place of boxwood because 
of their extreme hardiness. They vary in size from 
large shrubs to dwarf specimens less than a foot 
high. There are several dozen named varieties. Jlex 
crenata rotundifolia is a rapid grower and is ex- 
tensively used. Being a male holly, it does not produce 
berries. Slightly smaller is Ilex crenata convexa 
(bullata) with its glossy convex leaf and black fruit. 
This holly is extremely popular. (Dwarf types) Jlex 
crenata rependens, known also as Nummularia, is 
semi-dwarf. [lex crenata Helleri, with its tiny leaves, 
seldom gets over a foot high, although it may spread 
for several feet. Three of our native hollies deserve 
mention: Ilex glabra with black berries, Jlex vomi- 
toria, known as cassena or Yaupon holly, with red 
berries, and Ilex myrtifolia with long, willow-like 
leaves and berries of every hue from yellow to red. 
All three are medium sized evergreen hollies. 
Ilex Pernyi, Ilex ciliospinosa, Ilex pernyi veitchi 
(from China), Aquipernyi, and, from. Japan, Jlex 
pedunculosa are valuable when available. 
With so many kinds of holly, one can use holly 
almost anywhere in the landscape—as specimens, 
hedges, windbreaks, screens, in foundation plant- 
ing, in the border, and ag accent plants. 
People ought to use more holly both because of 
their unusual beauty and number of types and also 
because they are such long lived plants and are of 
such great attraction for birds. Hollies really do 
live a long, long time. Some trees are hundreds of 
years old. A planting of holly, well done, does not 
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