Point' = 'Sky Pencil/'</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Petite Pointe'</b> <br>
<b>ha: upright pyramid</b> <br>
<b>ch: 6</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Piccolo'</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Pincushion'</b> <br>
<b>ha: compact mound or dense globose</b> <br>
<b>lu: bonsai or small container</b> <br>
<b>so: Forest Farm, 990 Tetherow Rd, Williams, OR 97544-9599</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Pride's Tiny'</b> <br>
<b>ha: compact</b> <br>
<b>ht: 2-3 feet in many years</b> <br>
<b>sex: female</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Sky Pencil' ('Pencil Point')</b> <br>
<b>ha: densely and narrowly columnar (pencil-like)</b> <br>
<b>ht: 8 ft. in many years</b> <br>
<b>gr: slower than many columnar cultivars</b> <br>
<b>lc: dark green</b> <br>
<b>or: US National Arb.</b> <br>
<b>sex: female</b> <br>
<b>so: Roslyn Nur. 516-643-9347</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Siro fukurin' = 'Snowflake'</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Snowflake' (Ilex crenata 'Siro fukurin')</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Soft Touch'</b><br>
<b>ha: compact</b><br>
<b>ht: 2-3 ft.<br>
lc: bright green all year<br>
lt: foliage soft-textured unlike most other cvs.<br>
sex: female<br>
ch: 6<br>
so: </b></font><a href="http://www.roslynnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Roslyn Nursery</b></font></a><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><br>
<br>
<b>Ilex crenata 'Steeds' ('Steeds Upright')</b> <br>
<b>ha: upright columnar to oval - very distinct vertical laterals<are clones of interest to the
        nurserymen and collectors. Your recommendations as
        members and cooperators are most welcome. </font><ul>
            <li>&nbsp;</li>
            <li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial">Dudley,
                T.R. and G.K. Eisenbeiss. 1977. The coin-leaved
                Japanese hollies. Holly Soc. of America Bull. No.
                16</font></li>
            <li>&nbsp;</li>
            <li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial">Dudley,
                T.R. and G.K. Eisenbeiss. 1992. International
                checklist of cultivared Ilex: Part II: Ilex
                crenata. US National Arboretum contribution No.
                6. USDA, Washington DC</font></li>
            <li>&nbsp;</li>
            <li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial">Galle,
                F.C. 1997. Hollies: The genus Ilex. Timber Press.</font></li>
        </ul>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

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        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">DWARF TO SEMI-DWARF CULTIVARS</font><p><a
        href="ilexdelawarediamond.jpg"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial"><img src="ilexdelawarediamond.jpg"
        align="middle" border="0" hspace="4" width="195"
        height="144"></font></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'Delaware Diamond'</strong> - click
        image to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Holly
        Collection, US National Arboretum, Spring 2003</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexpiccolo.jpg"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial"><img src="ilexpiccolo.jpg"
        align="middle" border="0" hspace="4" width="195"
        height="153"></font></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'Piccolo'</strong> - click image to
        enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Holly
        Collection, US National Arboretum, Spring 2003</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenpagoda.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenpagoda.jpg" width="172" height="213" align="middle" hspace="6"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'Dwarf Pagoda'</strong> - click image to
        enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2"
        face="Arial">Atlanta Botanical Garden. Summer 2003.
        </font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrennakada.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrennakada.jpg" width="219" height="145" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><strong><font face="Arial" color="#B1D0B0">'Nakada</font></strong><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'</strong> - click image to
        enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2"
        face="Arial">US National Arboretum. April 2004. There is no other major 
        cultivar that can have 3-toothed apices.</font></p>
        <p><font color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Delaware
        Diamond - 12 x 30 in. in 12 years, tiny 8mm long elliptic
        leaves, dense mound<br>
        Dewdrop - dark green, elliptic 15mm leaf, very slow, a
        bonsai favorite<br>
        Dwarf Pagoda - dark green suborbicular to oval 10mm
        leaves, lovely erect to horizontal shape<br>
        Fairyland - olive green, elliptic 13mm blades with a
        twist, tiny little dwarf<br>
        Green Dragon - dark green, suborbicular to oblong leaf,
        like as smaller 'Mariesii', informal shape<br>
        Green Pygmy - dark glossy convex 1.5cm leaf, dwarf,
        usually taller than wide<br>
        Mount Halle (6/5)&nbsp; - dwarf, female. Source, origin:
        <a href="http://www.malletcourt.co.uk">Mallet Court</a> (online catalog 
        2005), their own intro. from Korea<br>
        Nakada - stiffy erect, very slow, 1m in 10 years, 2-3m in 20 years, very 
        rounded suborbicular to broadly ovate leafs, apex often forked<br>
        Piccolo - dark green elliptic 1.4cm leaves overlapp in
        whorls, very dense, 1 inch growth a year<br>
        Pinnochio - tiny 1cm ovate-oval leaves, irregular dwarf</strong></font></p>
        </td>
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</table>

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        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">SPREADING, MOUNDED, TO CUSHION-SHAPED </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial">(wider than tall
        and green)</font><p><a href="ilexmuffin.jpg"><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial"><img
        src="ilexmuffin.jpg" align="middle" border="0" hspace="5"
        width="199" height="155"></font></a><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial"><strong>'Muffin'</strong> - click
        image to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Raulston
        Arboretum Spring 2003.</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexhoogendorn.jpg"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial"><img src="ilexhoogendorn.jpg"
        align="middle" border="0" hspace="5" width="199"
        height="136"></font></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'Hoogendorn'</strong> - click image
        to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Ebersole
        Holly Collection, Sandhills Community College NC. Spring
        2003.</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenloycenelson.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenloycenelson.jpg" width="239" height="151" align="middle" hspace="6"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'Loyce Nelson'</strong> - click image
        to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2"
        face="Arial">Holly Collection, US National Arboretum. April 2004. This 
        cultivar struck as being of interesting architectural shape. It's very 
        rare but you may<br>
        find it worth seeking out. So many of the spreaders fall apart and most 
        do not mature this elegantly.
        </font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenrepandens.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenrepandens.jpg" width="290" height="172" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'Repandens'</strong> - click image
        to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2"
        face="Arial">Ilex Collection, Norfolk Botanical Garden. Spring 2004. 
        There are not many hollies of this wide look.
        </font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenmobjacksupreme2.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenmobjacksupreme2.jpg" width="265" height="151" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><a href="ilexcrenmobjacksupreme.jpg"><img border="0" src="ilexcrenmobjacksupreme.jpg" width="209" height="141" align="middle" hspace="2"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="3"
        face="Arial"><strong>'Mobjack Supreme'</strong> - click images<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2"
        face="Arial">Tidewater/Hampton Roads Arboretum. Spring 2004. Very 
        blackish-green, semi-convex leaves.</font></p>
        <p><font color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Divaricata
        - dark green, elliptic-obovate 2cm blades,
        arching-spreading <br>
        Firefly - dark glossy green, elliptic to ovate 2.5cm
        leaf, compact, wider than tall<br>
        Helleri - tiny broadly elliptic-ovate leaves, dense
        spreading mound 2-3x wide as tall, very common<br>
        Hoogendorn - subglobose-spreading, compact, dark green
        2.5cm leaves, male, very cold hardy<br>
        Kingsville Dwarf - dark green, elliptic leaf. Like a
        larger and more vigorous 'Helleri'<br>
        Kingsville Green Cushion (Green Cushion) - improved
        'Helleri' type mound in rich green, -6 F. hardy<br>
        Miss Muffit - small elliptic 1.3cm leaves, compact,
        eventually to 3 ft. tall x 6 ft. wide<br>
        Muffin - dark glossy green, 1.4cm onling leaves, low
        compact mound, more cold hardy<br>
        Repandens - several clones but most vigorous spreaders,
        narrow long leaf in one popular clone, often sparse and twiggy<br>
        Soft Touch - glossy dark green, like a softer and less
        rigid 'Helleri' with larger leaves</strong></font></p>
        </td>
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    <tr>
        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">GLOBOSE TO SUBGLOBOSE </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial">(+/- as wide as
        high) - <strong>NOT DWARF</strong></font><p><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'</font><a href="ilexcrenflushing.jpg"><img border="0" src="ilexcrenflushing.jpg" width="251" height="168" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'Flushing' - </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial">click image to
        enlarge</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrencompacta.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrencompacta.jpg" width="279" height="210" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#B1D0B0">'Compacta' -
        </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial">click image to
        enlarge<br>
        </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. 
        Summer 2003.
        </font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenbuxifolia.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenbuxifolia.jpg" width="281" height="180" align="middle" hspace="3"></a><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#B1D0B0">'Buxifolia' -
        </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial">click image to
        enlarge</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrentwiggy.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrentwiggy.jpg" width="302" height="242" align="middle" hspace="3"></a><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#B1D0B0">'Twiggy' -
        </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial">click image to
        enlarge<br>
        </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">US National Arboretum. Summer 
        2004.</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenhetzii.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenhetzii.jpg" width="286" height="186" align="middle" hspace="4"></a><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Hetzii - click image</strong></font></p>
        <p><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Bennett's
        Compact - low, compact, elliptic 2.5cm leaf, dark green,
        male<br>
        Black Beauty - dark green, very cold hardy (OH), convex
        obovate 2.2cm blade<br>
        Border Gem - dark green, broadly elliptic, more cold
        hardy, tiny 1.2cm leaf<br>
        Compacta - a polyclonal name for various compact, subglobose plants, 
        most of them medium green and glossy in leaf<br>
        Convexa - distinctly convex 2cm leaves, medium glossy
        green, very common in gardens<br>
        Flushing - compact, subglobose to sometimes more erect, olive-green 
        obovate-elliptic leaf, male.<br>
        Gable - dark green, elliptic-obovate 2cm leaf, upright to
        mounded form<br>
        Glory - dark green 2cm leaves, broadly globose, extremely
        cold hardy to -23 F. or more<br>
        Green Island - vigorous low spreader, dark green
        oval-obovate leaves to 2.2cm<br>
        Green Lustre - glossy elliptic leaves, compact but not
        dwarf<br>
        Green Thumb - dark green all year, elliptic 2cm leaves,
        very compact, about 30 x 30 inches<br>
        Hetzii - dark green 2.8cm leaf is like a larger 'Convexa'
        blade, compact, vigorous, hardy to USDA 6. Fruit is very common.<br>
        Howard - dark green, obovate-oblong semi-convex blade,
        vigorous upright-spreading, hardier<br>
        Lisa - dark green, elliptic-obovate 1.6cm leaf, dense
        globose form<br>
        Mentor Dense - dark green glossy blade, larger 'Convexa'
        shape, very compact<br>
        Microphylla - many clones but most dark green, 10mm leaf,
        a nice low hedge or edging plant<br>
        Oconee River - glossy dark green, convex blade, globose
        form, male<br>
        Rotundifolia - large rounded 3cm leaves, various clones
        but mot compact and rounded overall<br>
        Stokes - medium green, elliptic 1.5cm leaf, variable form
        but usually subglobose and compact<br>
        Twiggy - dark green, elliptic 1.5cm blade, pleasant
        informal compact globose, 4-6 ft. tall and wide</strong></font></p>
        </td>
    </tr>
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        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">UPRIGHT - PYRAMIDAL TO COLUMNAR</font><p><a
        href="ilexsteedsupright.jpg"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial"><img src="ilexsteedsupright.jpg"
        align="middle" border="0" hspace="5" width="154"
        height="204"></font></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'Steeds Upright' - </font><font
        color="#B1D0B0" size="3" face="Arial">click image to
        enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Ebersole
        Holly Collection, Sandhills Community College NC. Spring
        2003.</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexskypencil.jpg"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial"><img src="ilexskypencil.jpg"
        align="middle" border="0" hspace="5" width="154"
        height="204"></font></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'Sky Pencil' - </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial">click image to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Gotelli
        Conifer Collection, US National Arboretum. Spring 2003.</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexhighlight.jpg"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial"><img src="ilexhighlight.jpg"
        align="middle" border="0" hspace="5" width="157"
        height="204"></font></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'High Light' - </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial">click image to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0" size="2" face="Arial">Holly
        Collection, US National Arboretum. Spring 2003.</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenhighlight.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenhighlight.jpg" width="218" height="257" align="middle" hspace="4"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'High Light' - </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial">click image<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="2" face="Arial">US National Arboretum. Summer 2004.</font></p>
        <p><a
        href="ilexmariesii.jpg">
        <img src="ilexmariesii.jpg"
        border="0" width="185" height="275" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'Mariesii' - </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial">click image to enlarge<br>
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="2" face="Arial">Coker Arboretum, University of North Carolina, 
        Chapel Hill, NC. Summer 2003.</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenglass.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenglass.jpg" width="245" height="158" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font color="#B1D0B0" size="4"
        face="Arial">'Glass' - </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial">click image to enlarge</font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenmarien.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenmarien.jpg" width="190" height="232" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#B1D0B0">'Marien' -
        </font><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="3" face="Arial">click image to enlarge<br>
        Tidewater/Hampton Roads Arboretum. Spring 2004. This name is doubtful 
        While the foliage resembles 'Mariesii' (a close spell away), the overall
        <br>
        habit of this plant did not. It is certainly in the same Nummularia 
        Group (coin-leaved).</font></p>
        <p><font color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Alan
        Seay - glossy dark green, tiny Micropylla Group leaf,
        hardy to -23 F, green all year<br>
        Beehive - beehive-shaped (conical) to mounded, tiny 2cm
        long leaf, very dark green<br>
        Butler - upright hedge, medium green, elliptic 1.2cm
        leaf, female often with berries<br>
        Carolina Upright - dark green, broadly elliptic 2.5cm
        blade, pyramidal<br>
        Centennial - upright, recommended for hedges<br>
        Cherokee - dark gree, elliptic 2cm blades, upright to
        pyramidal<br>
        Chesapeake - glossy dark, slightly convex blade, good
        hedge to 6-8 ft.<br>
        Cole's Hardy - pyramidalk, more hardy than species
        typical<br>
        Dwarf Cone - dark green, narrowly elliptic 1.5cm blades,
        6 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide, not dwarf<br>
        Glass - compact, upright, smallish dark 1.5cm leaf of 'Microphylla' 
        type, numerous teeth in upper half<br>
        Green Cone - narrowly upright, 'Convexa' type leaf<br>
        Green Splendor - glossy dark green, mid-sized blade but
        fine-textured, broadly pyramidal<br>
        Hatfield - dark green obovate leaves to 3cm, vigorous and
        upright<br>
        High Light - dark green, 2cm elliptic leaf, short
        internode, Boxwood-like habit and texture<br>
        Highlander - dark green elliptic-obovate 1.6cm leaves,
        broadly pyramidal, USDA 6 hardy<br>
        Imperial - dark green, elliptic-obovate 1.8cm leaf,
        vigorous, very narrowly columnar, good hedge<br>
        Jersey Pinnacle - dark green, elliptic 1.8cm leaf, 6 x 4
        ft., upright at first, hardy to -13 F. in NJ<br>
        John Nash - dark olive green, broadly elliptic-oval 1.8cm
        leaf, compact, columnar at first<br>
        John Nosal - dark green, elliptic-oval 2cm leaf,
        fastigiate at first, later 5.5 x 1.5 ft.<br>
        Latifolia - large leaf to 3.2cm, vigorous, often an
        upright small tree<br>
        Mariesii - dark green, ovate-orbicular 12mm leaf, stiff
        upright form, often fruits in black, eventually 8-12 ft. tall<br>
        Noble Upright - dark green, elliptic-obovate 2.2cm
        leaves, broadly pyramdal<br>
        Rocky Creek - dark green, ovatw 3.2cm leaves, notable for
        contorted erect stems<br>
        Schwoebel's Upright (Schworbel's Upright) - glossy flat
        leaf, strong pyramidal form to 8 ft. or more<br>
        Sentinel - dark green, oval-oblovate 2.7cm leaves,
        narrowly conical, proven as a hedge, hardier<br>
        SKY SENTRY&trade; 'Sky Pencil' - very fastigiate, 8-10
        times tall as wide, a very vertical statement, best in
        groups<br>
        Steeds Upright - dark green, elliptic-oblong 1.6cm
        leaves, vigorous, compact, erect for hedging<br>
        Wintergreen - dark green, oval to broadly elliptic 1.8cm
        leaf, very cold hardy, proven hedge</strong></font></p>
        </td>
    </tr>
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        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">GOLDEN LEAF (not variegated)</font><p>
        <a href="ilexcrengoldenhelleri.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrengoldenhelleri.jpg" width="231" height="167" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Golden Heller (Golden Helleri) 
        - click image<br>
        Brookside Gardens, Maryland USA. April 2004.</strong></font></p>
        <p>
        <a href="ilexcrenlemongold.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenlemongold.jpg" width="257" height="170" align="middle" hspace="4"></a><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Lemon Gold (Lemon Gem?) - 
        click image<br>
        Juniper Level Botanical Gardens, Raleigh NC USA. Spring 2004.</strong></font></p>
        <p><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Golden Gem
        - tinged or suffused gold, 'Convexa-type 1.8cm leaf,
        dense, fairly hardy<br>
        Golden Heller (Golden Helleri) - low mound as 'Helleri'
        but gold tints on 20-50% of surface (if in sun)<br>
        Golden Queen - glossy yellow leaf<br>
        Lemon Gem - gold leaves fade to lime green to
        yellowish-green, low mound<br>
        Lemon Gold - golden-greenish foliage, dwarf, very slow. Probably another 
        name for 'Lemon Gem'</strong></font></p>
        </td>
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<table border="2" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="3" width="90%">
    <tr>
        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">CONTORTED</font><p><strong>
        <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#C0C0C0">Rocky Creek (6/5) - 6 ft. 
        tall x 4-6 ft. wide, twisted and contorted, open branching, leaves 
        glossy dark green, 1.0-1.25cm long x 0.75cm wide. Source:
        <a href="http://www.wavecrestnursery.com">Wavecrest Nursery</a> (online 
        catalog 2005)</font></strong></p>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<table border="2" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="3" width="90%">
    <tr>
        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">VARIEGATED LEAVES</font><p><a
        href="ilexcrenangyo.jpg">
        <img src="ilexcrenangyo.jpg"
        border="0" width="200" height="167" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Anygo
        (Kiro-fukurin) - click image<br>
        Ebersole Holly Collection, Sandhills College, NC USA. </strong></font>
        </p>
        <p><a
        href="ilexsnow2.jpg">
        <img src="ilexsnow2.jpg" border="0"
        width="243" height="181" align="middle" hspace="4"></a><font color="#C0C0C0" size="2"
        face="Arial"><strong>Snowflake - click image<br>
        JC Raulston Arboretum. Summer 2003.</strong></font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrenhoogendornvariegated.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrenhoogendornvariegated.jpg" width="202" height="145" align="middle" hspace="5"></a><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#C0C0C0"><strong>Hoogendorn 
        Variegated - click image<br>
        Plant Delights Nursery. Fall 2003. Leaves are both margined gold and 
        suffused in lime, green, and gold shades. </strong></font></p>
        <p><a href="ilexcrengolddigger.jpg">
        <img border="0" src="ilexcrengolddigger.jpg" width="206" height="135" align="middle" hspace="6"></a><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#C0C0C0"><strong>Gold 
        Digger - click image<br>
        Tidewater/Hampton Roads Arboretum, Norfolk VA USA Summer 2003. It 
        resembles 'Snowflake' but appears to be<br>
        slightly more yellow in the mature foliage. </strong></font></p>
        <p><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Anygo
        (Kiro-fukurin) - irregularly mottled yellow at apex,
        blades over 1 in. long. See photo above.<br>
        Aureovariegata - spotted and mottled yellow, leves to 2cm
        long<br>
        Dan's Gold - irregularly spotted and mottled yellow, some
        all yellow, elliptic-lanceolate blade<br>
        Drops of Gold (12/02) - bright creamy-yellow spots or
        suffusions, </strong></font><a
        href="http://www.rwbyrnesnursery.com"><font
        color="#C0C0C0" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>Ronald
        Byrnes</strong></font></a><font color="#C0C0C0" size="2"
        face="Arial"><strong> of Geneva OH as 'Hetzii' sport <br>
        Ellipta Gold - irregularly mottled yellow, narrowly
        elliptic 1.5cm blade, often dense<br>
        Fulvomarginata (Cha-fukurin-tsuge) - brownish-yellow
        margins, old Japanese clone<br>
        Gold Digger - irregularly and thinnly margined light yellow to cream, 
        some leaves half chimera or more.<br>
        Gold Variegated - spotted gold or mostly green, the
        Tingle Nursery clone<br>
        Golkdstaub - elliptic leaves mottled yellow or
        yellowish-green<br>
        Hoogendorn Variegated - leaves margined and suffused yellow shades<br>
        Luteovariegata - spotted yellow, elliptic-lanceolate
        blade is smaller than 'Aureovariegata'<br>
        Microphylla Aureovariegata - tiny 10mm leaf as
        'Microphylla' but also gold mottled<br>
        Midas Touch - broadly margined light yellow, most highly
        colored of the gold variegated clones<br>
        Snowflake - cream margins on dark green, contrasts well,
        a strong narrowly pyramidal plant<br>
        Wiesmoor Silber - mottled gray, green, and cream,
        sometimes half variegated, dense mound</strong></font></p>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<table border="2" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="3" width="90%">
    <tr>
        <td width="90%" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#B1D0B0"
        size="4" face="Arial">GOLDEN TO CREAM FRUIT (Watanabeana
        Group)</font><p><font color="#C0C0C0" size="2"
        face="Arial"><strong>Butterball - light green, elliptic
        2cm leaf<br>
        Forty Niner - light green, oval-obovate 1.6cm leaf<br>
        Geisha - tiny elliptic-obovate 15mm leaf, very glossy,
        bright yellow fruit, eventually to 30 in. tall<br>
        Honeycomb - light green, elliptic leaf<br>
        Ivory Hall - light green, elliptic 1.8cm leaf, clear
        yellow fruit but ivory in greenhouses<br>
        Ivory Tower - light green, elliptic 1.5cm leaf,
        greenish-yellow fruit, broadly erect form<br>
        Sunshine - dark green, yellow fruit at maturity, cold
        hardy to USDA 6<br>
        Yellow Fruit (Yellow Berry) - a general name given to
        various clones. Named ones above are best</strong></font></p>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Angyo'</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Aurea' ('Yellow Leaf'?)</b> <br>
<b>lc: yellow</b> <br>
<b>ns: validity of this name is in doubt. Probably same as
'Yellow Leaf'</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Blondie' (4/01)</b> <br>
<b>ns: listed name from Oprins Plant NV (Netherlands?)</b></font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Bulks Compact' (4/01)</b> <br>
<b>so: </b></font><a href="http://www.fourseasonsnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Four Seasons Nursery</b></font></a></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Compacta'</b> <br>
<b>ha: compact and globose</b> <br>
<b>ll: small</b> <br>
<b>lc: bright glossy medium green</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Delaware Diamond'</b> <br>
<b>ha: dwarf mounding</b> <br>
<b>sex: male</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Dwarf Pagoda'</b> <br>
<b>ha: densely compact and dwarf and erect</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Geisha'</b> <br>
<b>ha: dwarf, mounded</b><br>
<b>ht: 3-4 ft. <br>
lc: glossy medium green<br>
ll: small blades<br>
ls: convex<br>
frc: bright yellow<br>
sex: female<br>
so: </b></font><a href="http://www.roslynnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Roslyn Nursery</b></font></a><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><br>
<br>
<b>Ilex crenata 'Glory'</b> <br>
<b>ha: compact globose</b> <br>
<b>lc: dark glossy green</b> <br>
<b>ch: 6</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Golden Heller' ('Golden Helleri')</b> <br>
<b>ha: dwarf mound as 'Helleri'</b> <br>
<b>lc: bright pale yellow - can burn in South</b> <br>
<b>ll: identical to 'Helleri'</b> <br>
<b>ns: we have no pre-1959 record of 'Golden Helleri' so 100%
vernacular is</b> <br>
<b>ns: to be preferred under the ICNCP guidelines.</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Green Dragon'</b> <br>
<b>ha: compact and dwarf</b> <br>
<b>ll: minute</b> <br>
<b>ls: rotund or more rounded</b> <br>
<b>lu: bonsai use is recommended</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> <br>
<b>so: Forest Farm, 990 Tetherow Rd, Williams, OR 97544-9599</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Green Lustre' ('Green Luster')</b> <br>
<b>ha: low mound of twice wide as tall</b> <br>
<b>ch: 6</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Fairyland'</b> <br>
<b>ha: very small dwarf</b> <br>
<b>sex: female</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Dewdrop'</b> <br>
<b>sex: female</b> <br>
<b>ha: very dwarf</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Ivory Tower'</b> <br>
<b>ha: upright - hence the word tower</b> <br>
<b>frc: ivory to ivory-yellow if grown in full sun</b> <br>
<b>rd: 1974</b> <br>
<b>or: Norman Cannon</b> <br>
<b>so: Holly Haven, 136 Sanwood Rd, Knoxville, TN, 37923.</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Jersey Jewel'</b> <br>
<b>ha: dwarf much like 'Dwarf Pagoda'</b> <br>
<b>lc: dark green<br>
lm: small spinose teeth<br>
frc: red<br>
frq: fruit moderately produced if at all<br>
sex: female - one source says male </b><br>
<b>or: Elwin Orton, Rutgers Univ.<br>
so: </b></font><a href="http://www.roslynnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Roslyn Nursery</b></font></a></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Jersey Midget'</b> <br>
<b>ha: dwarf, spreading, slightly twisted</b><br>
<b>lc: dark green<br>
sex: female<br>
or: Elwin Orton, Rutgers Univ.<br>
so: </b></font><a href="http://www.roslynnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Roslyn Nursery</b></font></a></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Jersey Sprite'</b> <br>
<b>ha: dwarf, twice as wide as tall</b><br>
<b>lc: dark green<br>
sex: female<br>
or: Elwin Orton, Rutgers Univ.<br>
so: </b></font><a href="http://www.roslynnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Roslyn Nursery</b></font></a></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'John Nosal'</b> <br>
<b>ha: columnar to nearly fastigiate with about 5:1 ratio</b> <br>
<b>ht: original plant 5.5 ft. when 1.5 ft. wide</b> <br>
<b>ll: 0.75 in.</b> <br>
<b>lw: 0.20 in. but possibly wider on older limbs</b> <br>
<b>ls: elliptic to oval</b> <br>
<b>lm: entire or 1-3 minute spinose teeth</b> <br>
<b>rd: 12 November 1970 by Matthew Nosal of Calverton NY</b> <br>
<b>or: chance seedling found by John Nosal in 1939 at Little Neck
NY</b> <br>
<b>in: propagated since 1957 in NY</b> <br>
<b>lsp: original plant died in 1959</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Lemon Gem' (4/01)</b><br>
<b>ha: low, compact, mounded similar to 'Helleri'<br>
lc: yellow becoming green - much lighter than 'Golden Heller'<br>
so: </b></font><a href="http://www.tripleoaks.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Triple Oaks</b></font></a></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata f.
microphylla ('Microphylla')</b> <br>
<b>ll: smaller - usually 1.5-2.0cm</b> <br>
<b>ns: this name covers ordinary 'Microphylla' which is
polyclonal</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata f.
microphylla 'Glossy Leaf'</b> <br>
<b>ha: large shrub to small tree</b> <br>
<b>lc: glossy green - not all f. microphylla are</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Midas Touch'</b> <br>
<b>or: Dr. Elwin Orton at Rutgers University as 'Microphylla'
sport</b> <br>
<b>lc: heavily sectored bright yellow</b> <br>
<b>lw: similar to 'Microphylla' or about 0.5-0.75 cm</b> <br>
<b>ha: low and compact</b> <br>
<b>ch: 6</b> <br>
<b>so: Roslyn Nursery</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Monmouth' (4/01)</b> <br>
<b>so: </b></font><a href="http://www.fourseasonsnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Four Seasons Nursery</b></font></a></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Birmingham'</b> <br>
<b>ha: low and wide-spreading</b> <br>
<b>ht: 1.84m</b> <br>
<b>wd: 2.75m</b> <br>
<b>ls: lanceolate</b> <br>
<b>ll: 29mm</b> <br>
<b>lw: 8mm or very narrow</b> <br>
<b>pet: 2.5mm long</b> <br>
<b>sex: female</b> <br>
<b>rd: 8 March 1984 to J. Franklin Styer of W. Chester PA</b> <br>
<b>or: from 1000 seedlings bought in 1940 by Styer Nur. and
selected in 1983</b> <br>
<b>in: 1980 to trade by Styer Nur.</b> <br>
<b>li: Eisenbeiss, G.K. and T.R. Dudley. 1984. Ilex cultivar
registrations.</b> <br>
<b>li: Holly Soc. J. 2(2): 10</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Nakada'</b> <br>
<b>ha: stiffly erect and dense with 1-few stems</b> <br>
<b>ha: brachytic with dwarf shoots or short internodes</b> <br>
<b>ht: 3m in app. 20 years</b> <br>
<b>wd: 1m in app. 20 years</b> <br>
<b>gr: to 15cm with internodes of 2-30mm long</b> <br>
<b>ls: ovate-elliptic to obovate or sometimes orbicular to
suborbicular</b> <br>
<b>ll: 5-15mm or rarely to 25mm</b> <br>
<b>lw: 5-15mm</b> <br>
<b>lc: dark green (RHS 141B) with lower surface more yellow</b> <br>
<b>lb: truncate to obtuse</b> <br>
<b>lm: thickened with 1-4 acute mucronate teeth per side</b> <br>
<b>la: tridentate with 2 notches</b> <br>
<b>pet: 2-5mm long and thick</b> <br>
<b>lt: very thick</b> <br>
<b>syn: PI 236233 and NA 25701</b> <br>
<b>or: from Japan by John Creech in 1957 as var. nummularia and</b>
<br>
<b>or: and named for Nakada Nursery from which the plant was
introduced</b> <br>
<b>sex: male unlike the female 'Mariesii' which may be confused
with it</b> <br>
<b>rai: can pollinate 'Mariesii'</b> <br>
<b>lu: small enough for rock garden and container use and bonsai
subject</b> <br>
<b>in: distributed to trade in 1964 and 1971</b> <br>
<b>li: Dudley, T.R. and G.K. Eisenbeiss. 1978. 'Nakada' Holly.
HortScience</b> <br>
<b>li: 13(6): 709-710 (December 1978)</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Miss Muffet'</b> <br>
<b>ha: low and dwarf into a mound</b> <br>
<b>ht: 19 in. tall when 40 in. wide in 15 years</b> <br>
<b>ll: 'small'</b> <br>
<b>ls: elliptic and flat (not convex)</b> <br>
<b>or: seedling of 'Convexa' by Norman Cannon in 1955 as one of
5000 tested</b> <br>
<b>rd: 26 October 1970 by Norman Cannon of Greenwood DE</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Muffin'</b> <br>
<b>ht: original plant was 3.9m</b> <br>
<b>wd: original plant was 6.9m</b> <br>
<b>gr: 5.1cm per year or slowish</b> <br>
<b>lc: dark green and glossy</b> <br>
<b>ls: convex and oblong</b> <br>
<b>lm: mean of 5 crenate teeth per side</b> <br>
<b>ll: 1.4cm</b> <br>
<b>lw: 7mm</b> <br>
<b>ha: low dense mound with irregular horizontal growth</b> <br>
<b>or: seedling selection by Polly Hil from Japanese seed around
1965</b> <br>
<b>or: Seeds from Japan were called var. convexa</b> <br>
<b>rd: 3 Nov. 1977 to Polly Hill of Martha's Vineyard MA</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Pencil Point' = 'Sky Pencil/'</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Petite Pointe'</b> <br>
<b>ha: upright pyramid</b> <br>
<b>ch: 6</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Piccolo'</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Pincushion'</b> <br>
<b>ha: compact mound or dense globose</b> <br>
<b>lu: bonsai or small container</b> <br>
<b>so: Forest Farm, 990 Tetherow Rd, Williams, OR 97544-9599</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Pride's Tiny'</b> <br>
<b>ha: compact</b> <br>
<b>ht: 2-3 feet in many years</b> <br>
<b>sex: female</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Sky Pencil' ('Pencil Point')</b> <br>
<b>ha: densely and narrowly columnar (pencil-like)</b> <br>
<b>ht: 8 ft. in many years</b> <br>
<b>gr: slower than many columnar cultivars</b> <br>
<b>lc: dark green</b> <br>
<b>or: US National Arb.</b> <br>
<b>sex: female</b> <br>
<b>so: Roslyn Nur. 516-643-9347</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Siro fukurin' = 'Snowflake'</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Snowflake' (Ilex crenata 'Siro fukurin')</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Soft Touch'</b><br>
<b>ha: compact</b><br>
<b>ht: 2-3 ft.<br>
lc: bright green all year<br>
lt: foliage soft-textured unlike most other cvs.<br>
sex: female<br>
ch: 6<br>
so: </b></font><a href="http://www.roslynnursery.com"><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Roslyn Nursery</b></font></a><font
color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><br>
<br>
<b>Ilex crenata 'Steeds' ('Steeds Upright')</b> <br>
<b>ha: upright columnar to oval - very distinct vertical laterals</b>
<br>
<b>lc: dark glossy green</b> <br>
<b>rai: this clone is very distinct and could replace most old
clones</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Stokes'</b> <br>
<b>ha: dense low mound</b> <br>
<b>ns: it has been confused with I. vomitoria 'Stokes' but at
least one</b> <br>
<b>ns: clone is a true I. crenata.</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Tiny Tim'</b> <br>
<b>ha: low spreading mound similar to 'Helleri'</b> <br>
<b>ch: 5</b> <br>
<b>rai: it is winter durable where 'Helleri' (zone 6) will not
grow.</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Twiggy'</b> <br>
<b>ha: slow wider than tall pyramid or low glose</b> <br>
<b>gr: slow and refined - too slow for some nurserymen to like</b>
<br>
<b>ll: small and refined</b> <br>
<b>so: Twombly Nur. 203-261-2133</b> <br>
<b>or: US National Arboretum</b> </font></p>

<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><b>Ilex crenata
'Yellow leaf'</b> <br>
<b>ns: this is compact upright gold-leaf clone. There is also
'Golden Heller'</b> <br>
<b>ns: which is a goldleaf dwarf mound.</b> <br>
<b>so: Foxborough Nur. 301-836-7023</b> </font></p>
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var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();
//Lycos Init
function getReferrer() {
var all= this.document.cookie;
if (all== '') return false;
var cookie_name = 'REFERRER=';
var start = all.lastIndexOf(cookie_name);
if (start == -1) return false;
start += cookie_name.length;
var end = all.indexOf(';', start);
if (end == -1) end = all.length;
return all.substring(start, end);
}
function getQuery() {
var rfr = getReferrer();
if (rfr == '') return false;
var q = extractQuery(rfr, 'yahoo.com', 'p=');
if (q) return q;
q = extractQuery(rfr, '', 'q=');
return q ? q : "";
}
function extractQuery(full, site, q_param) {
var start = full.lastIndexOf(site);
if (start == -1) return false;
start = full.lastIndexOf(q_param);
if (start == -1) return false;
start += q_param.length;
var end = full.indexOf('&', start);
if (end == -1) end = full.length;
return unescape(full.substring(start, end)).split(" ").join("+");
}
function generateHref(atag, template){
atag.href=template.replace('_MYURL_', window.location.href.replace('http://', '')).replace('_MYTITLE_','Check%20out%20this%20Tripod%20Member%20site!'); 
}
var lycos_ad = Array();
var lycos_onload_timer;
var cm_role = "live";
var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com";
var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded";
var tripod_member_name = "newplants";
var tripod_member_page = "newplants/ilcr0100.html";
var tripod_ratings_hash = "1713477815:0970aea3bf1e434c48c3fcecbbed7115";

var lycos_ad_category = {"find_what":"url"};

var lycos_ad_remote_addr = "209.202.244.9";
var lycos_ad_www_server = "www.tripod.lycos.com";
var lycos_ad_track_small = "";
var lycos_ad_track_served = "";
var lycos_search_query = getQuery();
</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
 var googletag = googletag || {};
 googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];
 (function() {
   var gads = document.createElement('script');
   gads.async = true;
   gads.type = 'text/javascript';
   var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol;
   gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
     '//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js';
   var node = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
   node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node);
 })();
</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
 googletag.cmd.push(function() {
   googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_300X250_dfp', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-0').addService(googletag.pubads());
   googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_above_728x90_dfp', [728, 90], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-1').addService(googletag.pubads());
   googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_below_728x90_dfp', [728, 90], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-2').addService(googletag.pubads());
   googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();
   googletag.enableServices();
 });
</script>


<script type="text/javascript"> 
(function(isV)
{
    if( !isV )
    {
        return;
    }
    var adMgr = new AdManager();
    var lycos_prod_set = adMgr.chooseProductSet();
    var slots = ["leaderboard", "leaderboard2", "toolbar_image", "toolbar_text", "smallbox", "top_promo", "footer2", "slider"];
    var adCat = this.lycos_ad_category;
    adMgr.setForcedParam('page', (adCat && adCat.dmoz) ? adCat.dmoz : 'member');
    if (this.lycos_search_query)
    {
        adMgr.setForcedParam("keyword", this.lycos_search_query);
    } 
    else if(adCat && adCat.find_what)
    {
        adMgr.setForcedParam('keyword', adCat.find_what);
    }
    
    for (var s in slots)
    {
        var slot = slots[s];
        if (adMgr.isSlotAvailable(slot))
        {
            this.lycos_ad[slot] = adMgr.getSlot(slot);
        }
    }

    adMgr.renderHeader();
    adMgr.renderFooter();
}((function() {

var w = 0, h = 0, minimumThreshold = 300;

if (top == self)
{
    return true;
}
if (typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number' )
{
    w = window.innerWidth;
    h = window.innerHeight;
}
else if (document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.documentElement.clientHeight))
{
    w = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
    h = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
}
else if (document.body && (document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight))
{
    w = document.body.clientWidth;
    h = document.body.clientHeight;
}
return ((w > minimumThreshold) && (h > minimumThreshold));
}())));




window.onload = function()
{
    var f = document.getElementById("FooterAd");
    var b = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
    b.appendChild(f);
    f.style.display = "block";
    document.getElementById('lycosFooterAdiFrame').src = '/adm/ad/footerAd.iframe.html';
    


    
    // DOM Inj Ad
    (function(isTrellix)
    {
        var e = document.createElement('iframe');
        e.style.border = '0';
        e.style.margin = 0;
        e.style.display = 'block';
        e.style.cssFloat = 'right';
        e.style.height = '254px';
        e.style.overflow = 'hidden';
        e.style.padding = 0;
        e.style.width = '300px';


        var isBlokedByDomain = function( href )
        {
            var blockedDomains = [
                "ananyaporn13000.tripod.com",
                "xxxpornxxx.tripod.com"
            ];
            var flag = false;
            
            for( var i=0; i<blockedDomains.length; i++ )
            {
                if( href.search( blockedDomains[ i ] ) >= 0 )
                {
                    flag = true;
                }
            }
            return flag;
        }

        var getMetaContent = function( metaName )
        {
            var metas = document.getElementsByTagName('meta');
            for (i=0; i<metas.length; i++)
            { 
                if( metas[i].getAttribute("name") == metaName )
                { 
                    return metas[i].getAttribute("content"); 
                } 
            }
            return false;
        }
        
        var getCommentNodes = function(regexPattern)
        {
            var nodes = {};
            var nodesA = [];
            var preferredNodesList = ['a', 'c', 'b'];
        
            (function getNodesThatHaveComments(n, pattern)
            {
                if (n.hasChildNodes())
                {
                    if (n.tagName === 'IFRAME')
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
                    for (var i = 0; i < n.childNodes.length; i++)
                    {
                        if ((n.childNodes[i].nodeType === 8) && (pattern.test(n.childNodes[i].nodeValue)))
                        {
                            var areaName = pattern.exec(n.childNodes[i].nodeValue)[1];
                            nodes[areaName] = n;
                        }
                        else if (n.childNodes[i].nodeType === 1)
                        {
                            getNodesThatHaveComments(n.childNodes[i], pattern);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }(document.body, regexPattern));

            for (var i in preferredNodesList)
            {
                if (nodes[preferredNodesList[i]])
                {
                    if( isTrellix && nodes[preferredNodesList[i]].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode )
                    {
                        nodesA.push(nodes[preferredNodesList[i]].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        nodesA.push( nodes[preferredNodesList[i]] );
                    }
                }
            }
            return nodesA;
        }
        
        
        var properNode = null;
        var areaNodes = getCommentNodes( new RegExp( '^area Type="area_(\\w+)"' ) );

        for (var i = 0; i < areaNodes.length; i++)
        {
            var a = parseInt(getComputedStyle(areaNodes[i]).width);
            if ((a >= 300) && (a <= 400))
            {
                properNode = areaNodes[i];
                break;
            }
        }


        var propertyName = getMetaContent("property") || false;
        if( isTrellix && (properNode) )
        {
            e.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html';
            properNode.insertBefore(e, properNode.firstChild);
        }
        else if( isTrellix && !( properNode ) ) // Slap the ad eventhought there is no alocated slot
        {
            e.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html';
            e.style.cssFloat = 'none';
            var cdiv = document.createElement('div');
            cdiv.style = "width:300px;margin:10px auto;";
            cdiv.appendChild( e );
            b.insertBefore(cdiv, b.lastChild);
        }
        else if( !isBlokedByDomain( location.href ) )
        {
            var injF = document.createElement('iframe');
            injF.style.border = '0';
            injF.style.margin = 0;
            injF.style.display = 'block';
            injF.style.cssFloat = 'none';
            injF.style.height = '254px';
            injF.style.overflow = 'hidden';
            injF.style.padding = 0;
            injF.style.width = '300px';
            injF.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html';

            if( b && ( !isTrellix || ( typeof isTrellix == "undefined" ) ) ) // All other tripod props
            {
                var cdiv = document.createElement('div');
                cdiv.style = "width:300px;margin:10px auto;";
                cdiv.appendChild( injF );
                b.insertBefore(cdiv, b.lastChild);
            } 
        }
  }( document.isTrellix ));
}

</script>

<div id="tb_container" style="background:#DFDCCF; border-bottom:1px solid #393939; position:relative; z-index:999999999!important">
<!--form name="search" onSubmit="return searchit()" id='header_search' >
<input type="text" placeholder="Search" size=30 name="search2" value="">
<input type="button" value="Go!" onClick="searchit()">
</form>
<style>
form#header_search {
    width: 916px;
    margin: 0 auto 8px;
    position: relative;
}


form#header_search input {
    height: 40px;
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 40px;
    padding: 0 8px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background: #F4F2E9;
    border: 1px solid #BBB8B8;
    transition: background-color 300ms ease-out,
                color 300ms ease;
}

form#header_search input[type="text"] {
    width: 100%;
}
form#header_search input[type="text"]:focus {
    border-color: #A2D054;
    background-color: #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0px 12px -4px #A2D054;
}



form#header_search input[type="button"] {
    position: absolute;
    top: 1px;
    right: 1px;
    opacity: 1;
    background: #DFDCCF;
    color: #463734;
    width: 125px;
    cursor: pointer;
    height: 38px;
    border: none;
}
form#header_search input[type="text"]:focus ~ input[type='button']:hover,
form#header_search input[type='button']:hover {
    background-color: #A5CE56;
    color: #fff;
}
form#header_search input[type="text"]:focus ~ input[type='button'] {
    background-color: #52AEDF;
    color: #fff;
}

</style>

<script>
function searchit(){
    
    // determine environment 
    var search_env 
    if (lycos_ad_www_server.indexOf(".pd.") > -1) {
       search_env = 'http://search51.pd.lycos.com/a/';
    } else if (lycos_ad_www_server.indexOf(".qa.") > -1) {
       search_env = 'http://search51.qa.lycos.com/a/';
    } else {
       search_env = 'http://search51.lycos.com/a/';
    }

var search_term = encodeURIComponent(document.search.search2.value)
var search_url = search_env+search_term;
window.open(search_url);

return false
}
</script-->
<style>
    .adCenterClass{margin:0 auto}
</style>
<div id="tb_ad" class="adCenterClass" style="display:block!important; overflow:hidden; width:916px;">

<div id="ad_container" style="display:block!important; float:left; width:728px ">
<script type="text/javascript">
if (typeof lycos_ad !== "undefined" && "leaderboard" in lycos_ad) {
  document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard']);
}
</script>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (typeof lycos_ad !== "undefined" && "slider" in lycos_ad) {
  document.write(lycos_ad['slider']);
}
</script> <!-- added 7/22 -->
<div id="FooterAd" style="background:#DFDCCF; border-top:1px solid #393939; clear:both; display:none; width:100%!important; position:relative; z-index:999999!important; height:90px!important"> 
<div class="adCenterClass" style="display:block!important; overflow:hidden; width:916px;">
<div id="footerAd_container" style="display:block!important; float:left; width:728px">
<iframe id="lycosFooterAdiFrame" style="border:0; display:block; float:left; height:96px; overflow:hidden; padding:0; width:750px"></iframe>
</div>
</div>
</div>