The woodlands : or, A treatise on the preparing of ground for planting, on the planting, on the cultivating, on the pruning, and on the cutting down of forest trees and underwoods by Cobbett William 1763-1835

Author:Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Trees, Tree planting
Publisher: London : Printed and Published by William Cobbett, no. 183, Fleet Street
Published: 1825-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

The Holly.

year, and then they must stand two years in the seed-bed, for they are still too small to be removed until then. They must be moved into a nursery, and finally into hedges, or into shrubberies, with all the care and all the precaution pointed out in the case of the Cedars.

304. The wood of the Holly is very hard, very close and fine-grained, and serves for many purposes where it is found of considerable size. It is used by cabinet-makers; takes a very brilliant polish, and is employed for inlaying mahogany furniture. It is good for the purpose of turnery, and for making light screws, and Michaux tells us, that in America it is sometimes used for the pulleys or blocks of ships J but, in that country the tree grows larger, though its outward appearances are not very different from those of our tree. I have seen the Holly in both countries flourishing in every sort of soil, and generally I have seen the American Hollies much larger and more lofty than ever I saw it in England. Its principal use is the making of hedges, for which purpose it is excellent, at once the most ornamental, giving the most complete shelter, and forming the most effectual barrier against even the smallest of animals, of any fence consisting of trees or shrubs. To form a hedge, the Hollies should be planted at the same distances, and in the same manner, as directed for those of the Haavthorns; but, like other evergreens, should never be moved, except early in September or in April.

305. Tbis tree is found in most of our coppices in England. When it produces long and straightish sticks, they are put by for whip-handles, being very tough in their young state. The stouter sticks are laid by for walking-sticks, or for swingles for flails, and the brush goes to the making of dead hedges, in which it will lie, with its leaves not perished.

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