Evening journal., 1905-12-22
How THE PRETTY BRIGHT
EVERGREENS ARE GATHERED
Is An important Business Down the State
in Which Whole Fanatics Worked
For Several Weeks
lal to ne Eyening Journal.

SPECIAL to The Evening Journal.
Dover. Del, Dec. p.
TO that wide forest Growths Of
IA jasmines turn'd
'feir humid arms, festooning tree to
tree,
md at the root thro' lush green grass
n es burnd
Tne red anemone.
fhe smell of Nolets, hidden in the
green. s31 rri.l.
Pdbrd back into my empty soul and
frame
.'he times when | remember to have
beon
|otful and free from blame.
|ehnyson's Dream Of Fair Women
Because the bright red holy berry,
sd IN its yefdant mother foliage. the
burel wreath, the mistletoe sbough and
j evergreen crow-foot are indispen-
Hsble nethe great rlsh AND hustle Of
'it holiday traffic in the great cities,
aie largest. army ever known is engag-
in harvest of evergreen this year.
Fhe Delaware peninsula has become
He the busiest centres for the gather
& of the choicest evergreens, taking
|fpk with the great forest states OF
aine in supplying the great Eastern
arkets. particularly Philadelphia.
Nttsburg. New York, Baltimore and
|oeton.
/ Everybody must have the fresh ever
feen, if It is only a wreath, o. a
yoss of crow-foot or a star OF holly
Nng in Their windows Even back IN
time of Charles Dickens. the
Iiristmas-like evergreens occupied a
ace in the forefroDt Of the public
nelight about the holidays, for Dick
Is says in his ''Chfstmas Cagog
N The descent upon Delaware by the
Imy Of men, women and children,
.Iih their husking knives. their axes
8.e'r strings and ropes and their my
+ ftfs Of empty crates to be crowded
4 Iffh evergreen from the. choicsst mis-.
flaoe to the most common tupkey
+ &tard and pale green moss, has not
4 ( gun Without 3. storIp..,- ..e,
ItThe business has so increased thai
state Federation of Women,s
Hubs and other societies concerned ip
welfare and physical beauty OF
little state last year, began
!. brm. Of protest. They were willing
admit that the pu-veyors Of ever
n zen who hauled III out Of the state by
VI ght and eXpr So. train lOads were
nging money in and distributing 4
those most vn need of it at the be
lning of winter; they even admitted
4 1t the farmers little family sat at
me night after night for a month
)und the glow of the hearthlogs. and
N med and shaped the fresh green
lsses. the wreaths. the stars and tho
s * chains of crow-foot which festoor
n big churches and department
hress and It was easy money made by
farmers at home and shared in by
his family.
a drs. Mary E. Williams. chairman ol
Civic Committee of the Women's
lbs, and a resident of Milford. tool
matter up first with the farmers
& ganizations aud went all over the
81 tc addressing them upon the sub
t,1rThe Preservation Of Our Beauti
" Eyergreens.
When packing time comes. three
fn usually go into the woods togo
b. One goes to make the cases, two
by two feet by fou- feet. another
climb and cut off the branches. and
another to prune and Trim ana
kin the case, aways in layers that
stuff may be readily removed with
tearing up in the market.
good tree will Yield from one tC
Ne boxes, and if holly is plentiful
he men can gather about ten boxes
ates per day.
here are only a few states where
grows naturally in swamps. r.v
or branches and low, wet places