TEN OAKS NURSERY AND GARDENS 
Butler (Adams) A selection of aquifolium found in a 
very high cold area of Maryland, where it has never 
been known to freeze back or discolor. Nothing is 
known of it’s history other than its hardiness which 
makes it well worth while to try in our colder cli- 
mates and to use for breeding. Very shiny, medium 
size, crinkled leaves. Spines long. Fruit large glossy, 
dark red. We think a lot of it for hedges and speci- 
past. Female. 
BL 6 3 inch pot size 1.00 
10-12 inch Height 3.00 
Camelliaefolia (Fisher). Pyramidal tree, dense foliage. 
Purple stems. Deep green leaves, very small spines 
or none at all. Very large dark red fruit. There is a 
great difference in this Holly under the same name as 
if it had been grown from seed by someone in the 
past, Female. 
BL 6 3 inch pot size 1.00 
8-10 inch Height 3.00 
Dumbarton (Steiner). Largest leaf I have seen on 
English Holly. Deep green, thick and glossy Many 
spines. Heavy grower. Male. 
BL 6 3 inch pot size 1.00 
Escort (Brownell). Tree compact, conical. Leaves thick, 
slightly twisted, glossy green. Green twigs. Spines 
small. A good pollenizer selected by Brownell. Male. 
6-10 inch Height 2.00 
Jan Van Tol (Van Tol). Sometimes called Dutch. Hand- 
some large thick green leaves. Lightly spined. Fast 
and strong grower with large bright red fruit. 
Female. 
3 inch pot size 1.00 
New Brunswick (Dilatush. Heavy dark green foliage. 
A good pollen producer which is needed. Male. 
6-10 inch Height2.00 
Pyramidalis Compacta. Very erect, fast growing shape- 
ly tree, with thick very dark heavy leaves. Fruits 
heavy and very young. Large, deep glossy red berries. 
Spines few to none. One of the best for commercial 
cutting or pot grown plants. Not too plentiful. 
Female. 
BL 6 3 inch pot size 1.00 
10-12 inch Height 3.00 
Wilsonii (Fisher). Distinct, vigorous. Green twigs. Leaf 
blades flat, dark green oval. Short even spines. Heavy 
fruit producer of large bright red fruits. Large plant 
is a beautiful thing to see. Has an R. H. S. award. 
Female. 
3 inch pot size 1.00 
2 to 4 inch plants in the spring only. 
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CHINESE HOLLY 
Ilex Cornuta 
A native of the hills of China. It grows as wide as it 
does high, making a low rounded specimen of great 
beauty, surpassed by no other Holly. The leaves are 
variable and it is a heavy fruiter. Its range is wide and 
it is quite winter resistant. 
Cornuta (Lindley) Pistillate. Leaves vary in size and 
look somewhat like a flying bat, roughly quadrangu- 
lar in outline, with a projection of the blade at each 
corner tipped with a sharp stiff spine and a fifth 
spinose projection bent downward at the apex. Fruit 
borne freely in clusters. A shining red. Leaves glossy 
light green. We have seen such heavy crops of fruit 
that the limbs of the plant were weeping toward the 
ground. Female. 
BL 6 3 inch pot size 1.00 
6-10 inch Height 2.00 
Cornuta (Lindley). Staminate. Same description as 
above except it is an excellent pollen producer. Males 
are scarce in the Cornuta. Male. 
3 inch pot size 1.00 
Burford (Howell). Leaf blades stiff, curved, convex 
dark, glossy green, wide margins recurved, mostly 
one spine. Stems light green and curved like the let- 
ter S. Fruit is red, large and extremely abundant. 
Large, round headed, bush type tree that gives you 
an impression of weeping as it gets some age. Won- 
derful for foundation plantings as well as for the 
Holly Orchard. Female. 
BL 6 3 inch pot size 1.00 
6-10 inch Height 2.00 
10-12 inch Height 3.00 
= National (N. B. G.) Tree upright, compact. Leaf blades 
thick, rigid, convex, dark green. Sharp spine. Fruit 
red and abundant. Differs from Burford in that the 
fruit is smaller, but tree is more upright. Has been 
growing as far noth as Conn. Female. 
3 inch pot size 1.00 
> Rotunda (MclIlhenny). Leaf blades coriaceous, rigid, 
closely spaced on twigs, dark, glossy green, variable 
in size, prominent spines. A plant has reached a 
height of 18 inches and width of 40 inches in 12 
years. Plant is very compact and densely branched. 
May be sterile. Excellent for a small speciment or 
low compact hedge. Nothing else like it. 
3 inch pot size 1.00 
6-8 inch Width 4.00 
Rare Hollies are grown at Ten Oaks. 
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