Evening journal., 1905-12-22

Holly on high land, or exposed to the
sun, soon turns red. and is utterly un-
fit for the holiday markets The very
best is secured from the. deep, dark
and perpetual shadese Of swamps Della.
ware Maryland, NFginia,g Kentucky,
Tennessee and the Carolinas are the
only states where il grows to any mar
ketable extent f-f.
Darwin e. Sawtele. who was seen at
Harrington when about to start out at
the head of a holy expedition. said in
speaking of the natural beauty of
holly:
In some portions of Virginia they
now use holly as shade trees on each
side of a highway or avenue or a lane
extending from house to road and
nothing prettier could be seen or imag-
fnediby the human mind thah the sight
Of 5h0se reguiargrows, of these glossy.
green leaves and red, berries growing
on shapely trees shooting up out of
snow banks vrc0a fuA .ael. N s
Under the MistIetoe souoh. sd9r.
Mistletoe is a fungus, an air pant.
u has no roots and grows our on the
limbs of old dead gum trees. or fire.
quently on dead naples. To get at il,
one man must put on climbing irons
similar 10 those worn by the telegraph
lineman. He, throws a coil of rope and
a saw over his shoulder and ascends,
sometimes, going for-v' to-, fifty feet
That's probably why "mistletoe comes
so high"
The Signal for the Harvest.
AS soon as the first snowy frosts
descend the' h0lfy~ ~'5erries- begin to
turn pink, and gradually. as cold in
creases in rigor, change. from pink to
brilliant red, That day the men who
contemplate gathehng TIE greer are
about Va the hnd4of Lord de IA ware
The purveyors first appear and inspect
the trees as they would peaches. offer
ing the owners so. much pcs tree for
all that is on shis1psace& ? Some pur-
chasers offer a lump sum in cash for
the mans entire woods.
Andl here comes 'as hiost remarkable
development about holly trees which
many hundreds Of those Who s. under
the red-dotted wfeaths and arches 10
seat Christmas direferaaf home never
knew. The berries are. all borne on the
male tree-there are male and female
holly trees Just as, there. mae and fe-
male turkeys. The females bear moth
ing but leaves.
During years like this OF 1905. when
there were long stccessions of dry
days. the holly berries di,lsno have
the chance Of development they ordi-
narily have, for they flourish most in
a wet season. However, there are
my lads OF holly trees Of the male or
der in full bloom inoDeiaware today,
many of which, hidden, in the seelusion
of their forest homes. will never be
found by the woodman
] Holly is very desirable. but .it must
I, have liberal distributions of the red
/ berries or it is thrown out.
Fathers, Mathers and Children Make
wreaths.
The making of the wf.s aths. which
are sold by whole trainloads in the
lb'g cities. is an exceedingly interesting
The wreaths are each made by hand.
The berries are ptu into the wreaths
Th berries ere put into the wreaths
lafte- comp elton, and if there is a scar
ic'ty of holly berries, others are fire.
quently substituted, principally dog
wood and coon berries, both bright red
Legislature Appealed To.
The General Assembly of Delaware
finally had to wrestle with the issue
shall we save or sell our everg. .een2 p
1 The women had agitated the matter
until there was an army of persons ar.
lrayed on one side 10 save the beautiful
winter foliage. while on the other
stood the purveyors of green's, backed
by the hosts of farmers and their fam.
lilies who make their winter susten-
anee by harvesting and designating the