HOLLIES OF ASIATIC ORIGIN 
Some of the most interesting, unique and beautiful 
plants of our gardens are of Chinese origin. The hollies 
of the Orient are no exception. One might be taken for 
a pear tree, though the foliage is evergreen, and the 
cherry red fruit is suspended on 2 inch stems. Another 
has the glossiest leaves and the largest and sharpest 
spines. All of them should be better known and more 
widely tried. 
ILEX AQUIPERNYI 
Though this is a cross between aquifolium and pernyi, 
because it shows more clearly the pernyi parentage, it !s 
put in the Chinese group. A neat small tree with sharply 
spined leaves, because of its hybrid vigor and seeming 
hardiness, it should be tried over a wide range. Rare. 
Rooted cuttings $1.75 each 
leyear, 67 10” 3.00 each 
ILEX AQUIPERNYI BRILLIANT, female 
A hybrid of pernyi and aquifolium with vigor, charm and 
fine fruit. It grows rapidly and is quite hardy in Mont- 
gomery Co., Pa. 
Rooted cuttings $1.50 each 
bE year, 6” --10” 3.00 each 
ILEX CILIOSPINOSA, male and female 
An Asiatic species which grows tall and straight. A fine 
accent plant; a profuse bloomer and excellent fruiter if 
a male of the same species is nearby. 
Rooted cuttings $1.50 each 
2 year 4.50 each 
ILEX CORNUTA 
An ornamental small tree with handsome lustrous foliage 
of odd shape. Questionably hardy north of Philadelphia. 
Both male and female trees are available. It thrives in 
heat and light soil. 
Rooted cuttings $1.25 each 
Poyear. 6-10” 2.00 each 
The Chinese horned holly, Ilex cornuta. Glossy leaves 
and plentiful red fruit. A wonderful plant for hedge or 
specimen. 
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