EARLE DILATUSH'S HOLLY FARM 
RFD. #1 
ROBBINSVILLE, NEW JERSEY 
“Located on the four-lane superhighway (U. S. 130) between New York and Philadelphia in New Jersey, jive 
miles north of Bordentown, eight miles south of Hightstown at the sign of the big red oe Bird. 
Phone Trenton 2-3723 or 4-4042 
POTTED HOLLY TREES 
Description: 
One to two years of age. ‘Three to ten inches high. 
Growing in oak Leafmold in strong tarpaper pots. 
(3-4 diameter) 
Packed in strong handmade wooden boxes. 
Boxing and Packing Costs: 
In addition to the price of the trees, add $1.00 for the 
first eight Hollies ordered and 10¢ for each additional 
Holly tree ordered. $1.00 minimum boxing and packing 
charge. 
Shipping Costs: 
We ship by Railway Express because we believe that 
Express handles Hollies more carefully than other meth- 
ods of shipment. Our Hollies are guaranteed to arrive 
in good condition. The minimum Express charge is 
about $2.00. If you do not live too many hundred miles 
away, it is quite likely that five to ten Holly trees can be 
shipped for this minimum cost. 
How to Pay: 
The Railway Express charges are to be paid when you 
receive the Holly trees. If you wish to send Hollies as a 
gift to someone else we will pay the Express and send 
you the bill for it, 
The Holly trees and the boxing cost are to be paid 
for when you send us the order, An account may be 
opened with credit references if you would find it a 
convenience. 
AMERICAN HOLLIES (Ilex Opaca) Very Hardy, 
Tough. See Booklet. 
Varieties in our catalog. From rooted cuttings. Sex 
guaranteed. $1.25 each—5 for $6.00—10 for $11.25—25 
for $25.00. 
Unnamed, sex guaranteed, not shown in catalog—also 
from rooted cuttings. $1.00 each—5 for $4.75—10 for $9.00 
—25 for $20.00. 
Sex unknown, grown from seed of named varieties, not 
shown in catalog. 40¢ each—5 for $1.85—10 for $3.50—25 
for $7.50. 
ENGLISH HOLLIES (Ilex Aquifolium). Less 
Hardy than American Holly. See Booklet. 
Variety Polycarpa Jan Van Tol—Female, bright red ber- 
ries, heavy fruiting, Dark green leaves with few spines. 
Variety “Silver Porcupine”  (feroxalbo-marginata)— 
white spined, white-edged leaves, almost lace-like in 
beauty. Male, infertile. 
Variety “Porcupine” (ferox)—green leaves a mass of 
spines. Male, infertile. 
Variety “Silvary” (albo-marginata) Female. Red Ber- 
ries, lovely silver-white edged leaves. Silver Oregon Holly. 
PRICE: (above varicties) $1.00 each—5 for for $4.75— 
10 for $9.00—25 for $20.00. 
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stickery Holly leaf. 50¢ each—5 for $2:25—10 for $4.00— 
25 for $10.00. 
CHINESE HOLLIES (Ilex Cornuta, Hex Pernyi, 
Ilex Ciliospinosa). All from rooted cuttings. 
I. Pernyt: Little leaved Chinese Holly or Pern Holly. 
Available in male or female as wished. ‘Tiny leaves well 
spined and Holly-like. ‘In fronds a bit like a fern. Strong 
open upright growth. Fully hardy to ten below zero. 
Red berries thickly on the underside of fronds. (female) 
I. Pernyt Vietchi: A variety of the above. Female only. 
Use Pernyi male above, Red berries on longer stems. 
Berries more showy, but variety less hardy. Does well 
to ten above zero. Apparently a wild hybrid of Pernyi 
and Cornuta. Leaves a little larger and darker green 
than Pernyi. 
Ciliospinosa: Leaves rather oddly Holly-like, quite 
small leaf, but not as small as Pernyi nor quite as Holly- 
like in appearance. Very hardy to 10 below zero, leaves 
medium green, berries bright red if female. Available 
in male or female as wished. 
PRICES: (above varieties) $1.00 each—5 for $4.75—10 
for $9.00—25 for $20.00. 
I. Cornuta: Horned Holly, side view of leaf almost like 
head and horns of a bull. Very sharp and pronounced 
spines. Hardy to ten above zero. Likes hot sun. Fast 
strong upright growth, red berry if female. Available 
in male or female as wished. 
I. Cornuta Burfordi: Variety of above Cornuta. Female 
only. Red berries. Leaves darker green. habit of growth 
more bushy. Use male Cornuta. 
PRICES: (above varieties) 50¢ each—5 for $2.25—10 
for $4.00—25 for $10.00. 
JAPANESE HOLLIES (Ilex Crenata) All from 
rooted cuttings. Leaves unspined, boxwood-like. 
Variety Convexa (bullata). The well-known Japanese 
Box Holly. Bushy habit of growth, female, black ber- 
ries, Very useful to replace boxwood or to use in 
foundation planting. Very hardy to ten below zero or 
more. 
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Variety Rotundifolia. Male, dark green leaves, rapid 
growth, but bushy. Again a very useful attractive ever- 
green. Fully hardy. 
Variety Convexa Hetzi. Female, black berries. Dark 
green leaves and a very bushy compact habit of growth. 
Grows a bit broader than tall. A lovely, useful orna- 
mental evergreen. Fully hardy. 
Variety Helleri. The pincushion dwarf Holly. Very form- 
al, very compact. When twenty years of age, about 
four feet across, one foot high, rounded like a pin- 
cushion. Everyone likes this one. Hardy to ten above 
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Variely Stokesi (Plant patent #887). A new dwarf Jap- 
anese Holly. Fully hardy, deevloped near Pittsburgh, 
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