THE BROWNELL ILEXETUM 
Here one will find America’s most complete collection of new and old world 
hollies: exotic ornamentals, evergreen and deciduous, with leaves of green, 
gold and silver coloration, and berries of scarlet, orange, yellow and black; 
all planted in arboretum arrangement for the pleasure and study of our visitors. 
tions presaging the birth of a newly named horticultural variety 
of holly. 
In this manner the Brownell Farms became the source of the 
first garden varieties of English Holly to be named in America. Our 
original introductions now proving to be invaluable contributions to 
the demand for superior holly were called: Rederly, for the early 
ripening habit of her berries; Si/vary, a contraction of silver varie- 
gated; and Escort, a male holly of breeding and bearing fit to grace 
the company of Their Majesties, the Queens of the Hollies and their 
regal retinue of lovely princesses. Although in the intervening years 
numerous other courtly ladies and gentlemen have been elevated 
to royalty, and appropriate titles conferred, yet the ceaseless quest 
for perfection continues. 
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