hollies. To further strmulate their interest in the hollies annual 
showings were held with England’s foremost horticulturists com- 
peting for prizes awarded for winning introductions of hollies of 
exceptional distinction and beauty. 
Vieing with one another these early English nurserymen sought 
far and wide to extend their collections of hollies to include many 
other species of Ilex from foreign lands. Cooperating with the enthu- 
siastic nurserymen in their search for new and exotic varieties were 
the willing hollies themselves ever prone to sport and mutate from 
bud and seed alike. Almost chameleon-like the English Hollies 
proved to be the most versatile of all the other species in changing 
habits of coloration and growth, and seemingly almost at will. 
Thus as long ago as 1874-76 the English Gardeners’ Chronicle 
illustrated and described 153 named garden varieties of English 
Holly (aquifolium) in a monumental monograph by Thomas Moore. 
This apparently initial effort at Holly nomenclature was followed in 
a noteworthy manner by the publication in 1908 of “Holly, Yew 
and Box’? compiled and written by Dr. William Dallimore while 
serving as curator of the world-famous Kew Gardens in London. 
Interestingly enough the next serious effort to acquaint the 
English speaking public with the Hollies, now so universally immor- 
talized by their association with the celebration of Christmas, came 
about almost fifty years later with the publication in 1953 of Dr. H. 
Harold Hume’s book of the “Hollies,” a treatise characterized by 
intense fidelity to the subject material. 
With this introduction I shall proceed to list the hollies growing 
at the Brownell Ilexetum in the following order: 
I. Brownell named Selections of English Holly (1.A.) 
II. All other named varieties of English Holly (1.A.) 
as follows: 
(A) With leaves of green coloration 
(B) With leaves decorated in gold and silver. 
(C) Unusual and curious forms. 
Ill. Hollies from the Orient. 
IV. Native American Hollies. 
V. Hybrid Hollies. 
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