PLATE XXIIITHE HOLLY
“Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen, wrinkled and keen.No grazing cattle through their prickly round can reach to wound;But as they grow where nothing is to fear,Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear.”—Southey.
“Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen, wrinkled and keen.No grazing cattle through their prickly round can reach to wound;But as they grow where nothing is to fear,Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear.”—Southey.
“Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen, wrinkled and keen.No grazing cattle through their prickly round can reach to wound;But as they grow where nothing is to fear,Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear.”
“Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen, wrinkled and keen.
No grazing cattle through their prickly round can reach to wound;
But as they grow where nothing is to fear,
Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear.”
—Southey.
—Southey.
The Holly (1) is our most important evergreen, and is so well known that it scarcely needs any description. It has flourished in this country as long as the Oak, and is often found growing under tall trees in the crowded forests, as well as in the open glades, where lawns of fine grass are to be found.