by judicious pruning. If your neighbor has both a fruiting and a male holly it may 
not be necessary for you to plant another male as the latter by its greater profusion 
of flowers will readily provide pollen for twenty-five or more of the female berrying 
hollies of the same species, and located in the immediate neighborhood. 
Our Hollies will reach you potted in Oregon Soil 
Did you know that hollies, or most of them, are classed as “broad leafed ever- 
greens” by the nursery trade. This means, among other things, that to insure the 
uninterrupted growth of the hollies and your satisfaction and pleasure they must 
be shipped with the soil in which they are growing. Our potted hollies are shipped 
with all roots intact in the very pots in which they have been growing, and are 
perfectly packaged to assure their reaching you in safe condition. They really 
scarcely know anything has happened when they wake up some morning in far 
away New York or Virginia. They just take a big swallow of water and go right 
on growing for their new-found folks. Every month in the year we ship our hollies 
as there’s really no one best time for sending or receiving them. If it’s too cold or 
hot to set out-of-doors at once, just keep them in their pots. They’re already 
planted and will be very patient about waiting to be placed in their permanent 
homes. 
Extra large field-grown specimen hollies which must be lifted, balled, burlapped 
and crated should be shipped preferably at just the right season when the roots 
are bestirring themselves and they are ready to take hold and grow in their new 
environment. Spring months are the best time to plant these larger specimen 
hollies to give them a chance to get a good grip on things before the coming 
of winter. ian 
A Miniature Holly Arboretum 
If you’ve ever wondered how you could ever possibly come to know even just 
a few of the lovely members of the holly family because of lack of planting space, 
let me tell you what some of our friends are doing. They buy fifteen or twenty 
or more of the little two or three year potted hollies, exotic types, orientals and a 
selection to suit their fancy. Then they make a small formal garden of deep peat 
moss, sawdust or sand, and plunge the pots full down to protect the roots from 
freezing in the winter and burning in the summer. There they are watered and 
nourished, pruned and shaped, until they crowd their living space, and are then 
used as living Christmas presents to grace the gardens of friends and neighbors. 
Afterwards they are replaced with a fresh selection of other hollies to give their 
delighted owners a still wider speaking acquaintance with the Hollies of the World. 
“For You a Rose in Portland Grows’ 
... for years the official slogan of the Portland Rose Festival Association today 
might well be paraphrased: “‘For You there Jolly Well Grows a Holly, by Golly.” 
Yes, and already planted in its pot of Oregon soil, growing away like mad just 
waiting to please you and your friends and neighbors. This is your invitation to 
write today for a new illustrated booklet titled ““Let’s Plant Your Holly.” You'll 
find it most complete and filled with up-to-date information on when and how 
and where to plant your holly, feeding and cultivating, pruning and weather 
protection, ideas gained from a lifetime with the hollies, plus a lot of other helpful 
tips received over the years from our customers, and all yours free for the asking. 
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