New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-04
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England. when
Tho -ris,l,tc- hung in the castle hall.
~, roliy-branch shone on the ola oak wall
--, ,oirts which are earlier than usual, thus far
- .,rsis,ed mainly OF materials for making fes-
- v.~saths and other decorative devices. very
80, ,rsas have as yet arrived but the stately Tor
y. N.ipe the Adirondack wilds and the rugged
oS'S % ,he Catskills all having been levied for
sO' they will soon be plentiful. George A.
d "'ff veteran wholesale dealer In Yuletide trim
D.''-~ a, Park Place and West-st.. estimates that
will be fully 30 carloads OF Christmas trees
.,ses Of here this season. Each carload con-
- about Go punches. averaging about five trees
70 bunch. which would give total of about $4,000
- The height Of the trees ranges from five to
o,.v-ave feet The small ones are generally sold
g.. ohout SIS a hundred punches. at wholesale. Large
IL trees for churches halls. schools and other
,b,,, bindings are sold for higher prices, ranging
~, e - So apiece, according 10 their size ana
symmetry.
-be favo-ite Christmas trees in this market for
~, vears nave been supplied from Maine. This
- however. the trees cut in New-York State are
-,ore in favor rs greater care has been used IN
their selection cutting and trimming The latter
trees having 10 be transported much less distance
than those from Maine. are cut later, and conse-
ouentv arrive in fresher condition and do not lose
their foliage SO quickly. The kind Of tree most in
favor for Christmas uses Is the ba.sam fir The
Norway spruce, which was formerly a popular
Christmas tree, IS out OF fashion In obtaining
large supplies OF trees gangs Of expert woodmen
are sent 10 mountain and forest in time to select
cut down and forward the trees that they will be-
gin to arrive here in the first week OF December
Arrivals cease about three days before Christmas
The business is hazardous and largely depends upon
conditions OF the weather 1t IS said that instances
have been known where the loss single car
load OF trees not less than 800
The materials for making decorative devices are
,aI IN,
mainly from Delaware and the eastern shore OF Nir,
gina, and IS commonly known as English molly
Il is thickly sprinkled with bright scarlet per
green. prickly leaves Il is one OF the most du-
Table OF Christmas decorations. and Is soid ioF
from TO y d case, each case CONTAINING apou'
thirty cubic feet sometimes IT comes III DaiIeIs'
and IS sold for from 81 80 TO s. barrel The COM
mon evergreen or ground pine Is used IN immense
quantities for making the cheaper graues OF
10 many States, but comes mainly from Vernon
and Massachusett In large coarse bags, contain
< 10 S Der 100 pounds The little feathery tufts OF
Pin are bound together by thousands, principally
bslng made up in New-Jersey The common pine
or evergreen ropnS is sold in lengths Of from 90 TO
l0 yards each and the average price Is about 81 per
i az laurel ,ee and benock or laurel and arbor
vitae Is put up In coils of twenty-five yards each
and sold FOR from 81 TO s. per 100 yards.
among the manufactuTea ne'oratCs end norse
some of boxwood and moss relieved with immor
esc6 and Sod for from 81 25 to s. 50 package De
: ens made from other material or combinations OF
material are sold for from 30 cents 10 81 90 Dozen
according their size and the quahty OF Inc ar
tices used for their construction.
Beautiful whiJe-berred mistetoe. Just received
from Normandy. "a shown in great profusion. Ihs
popular Yuletide decoration is found in small guam
titles in several OF the Southern States but II is
much inferior in quality to that which IL imported
NstletOe comes in cases Of various sizes, for Mhch
the average price is about So a case. MI; BANK
showed the reporter d bunch or Dough fuIly eight
feet in circumference and covered with thousands
OF white, waxke berries. Its price was SZO
So great is the variety OF Christmas decorations
that a manufacturer OF those holiday emblens,
dropping into dOggerel, says:
Red berried holly and sweet smelling pine
With hemock and laurel in wreaths we'll combine;
Of lockwood and cedar stars and crosses well make.
o. other designs that ones fancy may take
Of snistletoe too. be sure thersn be some.
To let all the girls know that Christmas has come.
For you the old legend runs something like this
Any maiden caught under its boughs you may kiss