FIRECRACKER 
PENDULA, F—A weeping holly from 
Kew Gardens. This rare and fascinating 
holly presents a veritable cascade of 
drooping branches which appear to be 
borne downward by the weight of their 
heavy clusters of brilliant red berries. 
POST OFFICE, F—(Brownell). There 
are many hollies of more than passing 
historical interest and which might well 
be preserved for posterity. In this cate- 
gory is one of Oregon’s largest, oldest 
and best beloved hollies fairly domi- 
nating the grounds of the Pioneer Post 
Office in central downtown Portland. 
(See photo page 2.) Although once 
identified by a member of the staff of 
Harvard University’s Arnold Arbore- 
tum as Canary Island holly of Species 
Perado, Variety Platyphylla, it is more 
probably one of our native ‘‘Dutch” 
hollies described and mentioned in 
some detail on page 14. For observa- 
tion on the close resemblance between 
the “Dutch” and Island hollies see 
page 17. Planted as a young seedling at 
the time of the erection of the Post 
Office in 1874, this monarch is at least 
80 years old. Miniature reproductions 
are now available, rooted from living 
branches of this ancient and noble tree 
which has long watched over the birth 
and development of a western me- 
tropolis. 
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PRINGESS@EAT F—(Brownell). 
Chosen as the most faithful of the 
hollies to grow into a natural conical 
form of exceptional symmetry. Each 
spreading branch fairly bursts into a 
spray of branchlets to produce a sheared 
effect on the exterior of this dainty and 
delightful holly. Beautifully leafed and 
filled with bright red berries, our Prin- 
cess Pat is often called the Christmas 
Tree Holly. 
PYRAMIDALIS, F—An Aquifolium 
much favored by nurserymen of The 
Netherlands. It was named for its 
so-called pyramidal growth habit, but 
which of course is really conical. Leaves 
are somewhat small and elongated, 
generally smooth, but with occasional 
weak spines. Principal virtue of this 
Dutch-type is its persistent annual fruit- 
ing of extremely early reddening ber- 
ries. 
REDERLY, F—(Brownell). Page 11. 
ROYAL RED, F—(Brownell). See 
Dutch Hollies, page 14. 
SCOTICA, F—A cheerful and lustrous 
berrying holly from old English gar- 
dens. It grows in shrub-like compact 
form and might quite properly have 
been included in the list of small leafed 
varieties. Belonging to the purple 
barked series, its curious leaves are 
both dense and intensely green and 
most unusually shaped in somewhat 
oval form with a thick rolled edge 
enclosing a waved and cupped surface. 
Almost devoid of spines, its thickened 
leathery but polished leaves set Scotica 
apart from all the other hollies. 
SPECIAL,’ F—(Brownell). See page 11. 
SUNNYBROOKE, M—(Brownell). 
Before attempting to describe our hero, 
we must bring a much needed and help- 
ful word into play. It is divaricate and 
is a technical term used to describe the 
habit of the holly leaf spines to point 
in diverse or opposite directions, some 
upward and some downward from the 
plane of the leaf. Now when we reach 
the ultimate in divarification with one 
fierce spine pointing straight downward 
and the next straight upward at 180 
degree angle and measuring over an 
inch from opposite tips we have de- 
scribed the Fancy Dan of the hollies. 
