surprised when they find that the ber- 
ries of these hollies are black in color 
and rather resemble huckleberries. Gar- 
deners often trim the Crenatas into 
formal hedges and of course they are 
the joy of the topiarist who loves to 
carve animals, balls, and cubes and 
such from his submissive shrubbery. 
Left to grow freely, the Crenatas will 
assume most pleasing natural forms. 
Var. CONVEXA (Bullata). The tiny oval 
compact and convex leaves of Convexa 
sparkle like polished gems of, I was 
going to say jade, but some shining 
stone of darker green is needed for 
comparison. This is the favorite of 
landscape architects and gardeners alike. 
Var. HELLERI. Here we come to a most 
charming and interesting type, low, 
very compact, and with branches closely 
knit. Ideal for rock gardening use and 
where one cannot use a shrub which 
tends to grow out of hand. Dwarf in 
habit, rather hemispherical, round and 
flattened in shape, this little holly will 
tend strictly to its own business and 
never get in anybody’s hair. 
Var. Maries. The pygmy of the hol- 
lies, this tiny dwarf does well to make a 
quarter inch of annual growth. Its 
crowded Lilliputian and rounded, 
slightly concave, leaves of a bare eighth 
inch diameter form such a dense foliage 
as to render the interior unimpenetrable 
to eye or touch. Cute, but, oh so rare 
and difficult to propagate. 
Var. MICROPHYLLA. A dainty Crenata 
with tiny pointed leaves of bright green, 
free growing and graceful. 
Other varieties of Ilex Crenata at our 
Ilexetum include the broad leafed Lati- 
folia; Longifolia, with longer and nar- 
rower leaves ; Rotundifolia, with round- 
ish leaves ; and several more in addition, 
ILEX INTEGRA. (Othera Japonica). 
Also known as Ilex Integrifolia, but 
not to be confused with Ilex Aquifolium 
Integrifolia. Dense, dark green foliage of 
oval spineless but glossy leaves. Named 
Integra, meaning entire, because leaf 
margins are complete and smooth 
without being serrated or spined. 
ILEX LATIFOLIA, Japan. Perhaps 
the largest leafed of the hollies, with 
some measuring six to eight inches, 
tapered at both ends and gently but 
evenly spined. Large crimson and per- 
sistent berries adorn the fruiting gender. 
Holly lovers will find Latifolia most 
outstanding, in fact commanding of 
attention, as well as being strikingly 
beautiful. 
ILEX LATIFOLIA 
ILEX PEDUNCULOSA, China. A 
fascinating holly named for the un- 
usually long stems to which the berries 
are attached and which hang from the 
branches like clusters of cherries. Leaves 
are smooth, resembling somewhat those 
of the lilac, and they, too, hang down- 
ward to give a drooping aspect to this 
interestingly different holly. 
ILEX PERNYI, China. Named for a 
courageous French missionary, Paul 
Perny, who found this holly in the 
province of Kiuchu about 1850. One of 
the most eye-catching of the hollies. 
Before learning its true name, we used 
to call it the fern holly because of its 
graceful drooping branches closely over- 
laid with square based, little and spiny, 
but sharp pointed rather triangular 
leaves. The unusual aspect of the Pernyi 
hollies is the absence of leaf and berry 
stems, causing both fruit and foliage 
to grow out directly from the branches. 
Thus this holly is described as being 
‘sessile’ or sitting, meaning that leaves 
and fruit sit upon their branches with- 
out benefit of stems, the very opposite of 
Pedunculosa, the long stemmed holly 
just previously described. 
Var. AQUIPERN. See Section V, Hybrid 
Hollies, for description. 
Var. Vetrcuu. M and F—Undoubtedly 
one of the loveliest and choicest of the 
Oriental hollies. This variety, also 
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