Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-03

nr tho bnisnm. In these days you
get hhlsam tree fragrant and waving
soft ana fcathcry. for the same price
which you used to pay for u Htln,
hrunched spruce. hut spruce trees,
on the other hand. are very decorative
for large halls, and ms they grow tail
and broad they are In demand.
After tho Christmas trees are load
| "a on alclEhs and are taken 10 the sta
tion they are tied In punches OF i've
each and carefully assorted the same
/ size and height.
The lunches are laid into the rail-
way ears. i've trees Co bunch 600
punches to ear load. You can Judge
OF the cnormlty OF the Christmas tree
industry By the fact that there are
now arriving at the great city centres
every day. carloads aud carloads Of
these trees. which. In another week
VIII be unpackcd and tempting you
from the street corners.
THE COST.
The Christmas tree men who re-
cclvo them at the station pay only
twenty-five cents n bunch for these blk
trees, "a that he gets fivc for twenty
ilve cents. hut on the other hand. he
must pay for the cost Of tho ear which
brought them 20 the city. and the labor
/ AAANNANNM W. NANAANNAH ~ NAAAN NAN ~ Wv
mas tree profits are not "a great as
might be supposed.
Santa Clause. besides dealing In
Christmas trees. deals also In Christ
mas greens. which come principally
from the East Delaware and New
Jersey supply nearly all ths greens NJ
Eastern commerce, ana their products
are shipped 10 the far West. Tho lake
States have very delicate. fonthory
green which ~ now being gathered for
Christmas, but unfortunately Il does
not grow In g'cnt abundance at prcH-
ent. II IL softer and more decorative
than any other green found, and. when
Il IL cultivated. Santa Clause win find
that h. has a wonderful new material
Santa Claus uses these greens for
ropes and figures, such as NreathH
crowns aud Christmas stars. The favor
ito greens Tor this use uro ground pine
fenthcry turf and Princess feather
These are tied In ropes by the hands
OF tho fnimUrs' children and nrc shlpp a
in barrels "a tho cltloH In the West
wisconsin " the headquarters Tor the
grccns; ana Christmas time there are
thousands ~ barrels seen every year.
THE HOLLY.
4 part Of the Christmas green
IA the English holly; II comes mostly
nom Jersey Jersey holly H. crisp. red
1ul beautiful. II ~ used In lunches
oven hy itself 10 decorate the window
Hr rs tod In ropes ~ green. Nearly
1000 the real English holly oomes from
'Uuey. though there are a tow barrels
thv Imported material n takes I'VE
.naIH to grow Christmas tree, but
iho greens renew themfolves every year
.1r they urc the little soft vines which
Irvine around The great trunks OF the
forest trees,
The Christmas tree farmer who
plants O. shoot when he ia boy. will
Don able to Hell tho trcc when he % Ftown
io manhood. anf N he keeIa on plant
Ing them every year or cultiyauug
Them, he win have a STEADY supply Of
trees aa long as be- lives AMI can leave
"a forest aH n lcruoy 60 His sons n
the forest 90 lnrso enough ho can 1.-Two
All the year around on his Christmas
uee products.
rut the men In the cities who ham
do the trees ore the oura Who under
stand the business best They can tell
uy the climate during tho summer how
ne Christmas tree year VIII be. and
they make their Christmas tree pre-
plrlt.ous accordingly.
A cctl summer is hes, Tor them Tor
q Christmas tree never thrlvca IN great
heat but the Christmas tree crops
mover fan, 10 springs up year after year
and there viii always be supply.
Santa claus lends hia aid very kind.
| ly 90 the Christmas tree Industry aud
Is quite impartial In his distribution
NJ gifts. lie decorntca those that are
purchased upnn the corner Just as
though they were his own, ana the man
/ who brings home belnted tree at ~
o'clock Saturday night may wake up
Christmas morning 10 find that the
| guod old Saint has trimmed the tree as
| protuly as though II had stood waiting
for him by the chimney In tho back OF
tho paglor. fcr a fun month.