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have full sun. Your baby plants will flourish in full sun 
if they have plenty of organic matter, water and drain- 
age. Beautiful trees will develop in light shade but they 
will not be so husky. 
SOIL . . . Holly is tolerant as to soil but does best 
with an acid reaction and abundant humus. Half de- 
composed oak leaves furnish the best of conditioners 
but commercial peat moss does admirably if reinforced 
with a fertilizer especially prepared for broad leaved 
evergreens. 
HOW TO PLANT ... Allow for small plants to be- 
come big ones. Dig the hole at least three feet broad 
and as deep. Mix three quarters of the best of the soil 
with organic matter equal to one-fourth of the soil. 
Return mixture to hole and tread firmly. Fill hole with 
water and allow it to soak in. Plant the holly at the 
same level at which it has been growing. Pack soil and 
settle with water. Mulch surface. 
MULCH ... During the first few years a liberal mulch 
will keep the roots cooler in summer and warmer in 
winter and furnish food as it decays. As the trees be- 
come older the dropped leaves furnish mulch. 
FERTILIZER ... A complete fertilizer sprinkled 
about the tree, as far out as the branches extend, will 
speed its growth. This is best applied in late fall or 
very early spring. Feeding after June first may cause 
late, tender growth which may be winter killed. 
PRUNING ... A Holly needs no pruning, but will 
thrive with very heavy pruning. Branches may be cut 
liberally for Christmas decoration; but take care to 
keep the tree shapely. If the tree is accidentally broken 
it may be restored to symmetry by heavy cutting of 
the remaining branches, even to more than three 
fourths. 
Male Holly for Pollinating (Ilex opaca) 
All are good pollinators, differing largely in shape of 
their leaves. 
SLIM JIM ae 
with longer, narrower leaves than the usual type. 
TSALA Lea 
with flat foliage, more glossy than usual. 
BUMS go 
a very spiny leaved variation. 
DiC 
typical foliage but smaller leaf than usual type. 
