. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE LINDENS, ETC. 49. close-grained, and hard. The leaves are commonly used for decoration at Christmas time. Dahoon Holly. '^^® Dahoon holly is a small tree Em Dahoon. (frequently it appears in shrub form, Ilex Cassine, , ^/\J?J_^•^\ i ' i not over 10 leet high) wmch grows in the pine barrens or swamps of Virginia, and from there southward; rarely it at- tains a height of 30 feet. The ever- green leaf is two or three inches long, with a curling margin toothed only at the end; sometimes it has no teeth at all, and what there are can not be called spin
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE LINDENS, ETC. 49. close-grained, and hard. The leaves are commonly used for decoration at Christmas time. Dahoon Holly. '^^® Dahoon holly is a small tree Em Dahoon. (frequently it appears in shrub form, Ilex Cassine, , ^/\J?J_^•^\ i ' i not over 10 leet high) wmch grows in the pine barrens or swamps of Virginia, and from there southward; rarely it at- tains a height of 30 feet. The ever- green leaf is two or three inches long, with a curling margin toothed only at the end; sometimes it has no teeth at all, and what there are can not be called spiny. The berries are a varied red—less scarlet, perhaps, than those of I. opaca. The small branches and the veins on the under side of the leaf are somewhat downy. An- other species of holly which often reaches the pro- portions of a tree, particularly on tlie slopes of the Alleghany Moun- tains, is called Ilex mon- ticola ; but this has light green deciduous leaves, and their shape is not hoUyhke; they are large, thin, smooth, and sharply toothed. The large red berry is borne on a short stem. Flex monticola is common in the damp woods of the Ta- Dahoon Holly. Ilex Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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