The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-24
Christmas Greens Endan-
gered by Fire and
Bad Judgment
BAD CUTTING REASON
Can't Have Christmas Cheer
Without Mistlotoc, Holly,
Firs and Spruces

means used Hr N..UH hundreds of
traiuloads ol tu.m tp tua markets.
Bui th, Dulafmua troe ana tho
holly and tn. other rrrcrs which go
41 far toward making Emo holiday
"atwuarn.r. .u.u doomed ta os.
unuIuu uUI,# sum. human means
arc .iHNlu fu .....I.., rhrm Tho
state Of Vermont aIuu, furnishes
b. OOu 200 tu.aH f.r tho eastern mar.
krts each Christmas time and uu.
lcag mean, HrH taken il rguserv,
and reproduce the supply aumo
Vim, elI 20. rshuusiud The Amer.
In8u tur.art association hia issued
o. Christmas u,,. monograph ou tho
subject.
''Thn IH stop tu awe the
Christmas rrDuua." it says. "ia bet
tor Drc prevention methods Whole
sale Uuuug b, vendors who never
ro into Tine wood. except at thla
season uu1 Tine hplJup prlpca lu big
cities Iru denounced ON the other
hand. proper cutting aids the growth
uf the larger trcrs aud N properly
done iH a. holu The holly is being
cut hy the uuthiukiug I'm "a way
that hotdcra on slaughter, and only
the right sort uf cutting win save
this valued grron for Tho holiday
sonsuu.
lf~ nl NuftIl .NtnfItfn.
Ten Of tho % kinds OF fir trees
found I'm the world ARE native toI
North America Eight occur In the
Pacific slopes ana IN tho Rocky
Mountain region. and only two are
found In the easturn United states.
and one Of those. Frnscr'a nr-is
limited to tho high mountains of
Virginia North Carolina and Ten
ncsscc Most important In tho west
"rn group are the grand fir. Nobel
flr. white fr ana red fir. Tho bal
-nm fir II unqucstlonably tho best
known and most widely distributed
of our native nrs. II Is one Of the
most beautiful evergreen trees ma u.
tive to North Amcricn. II frcuuonts
hogs. Swhmps and other wet placea
Among IT. chief associates are the
American larch. arborvltac, black
spruce aud red spruce. Its comban-
ion species are not many. for few
trees can Withstand the extreme wet
and cold conditions OF our northern
bogs and swamps
'rhe balsnm fir is n tree which
many human wants, but the
of all It's gifts liz the
Christmas tree, Asa Christ mas tree
II has no superior, and in many To-
calltles no other native tree has
'
approach Il. Tho European FIR. 80
common throughout many parts OF
continental Europe, has many char
actcristiCs ln common with our bal
mm fir. II, too, has been used for
centuries az a Christmas tree, The
similarity between thceo two trees
In very marked. which may have
helped dcvelob our high regard FOR
the balsam Fir and rate Il as tho
foremost Christmas tree of tho east
crn United states.
Products of Balsam EYr.
"On the trunk of the balsam fir
will be found a large number OF III
tie blisterlke sncs of bnlsam A
ringeruaIl win nuncture the Iittio
bllsters and there will flow a small
of hnlsnm aa rIear an
crystal When refined this IL used
I'm making mIcroacoplc slides I'm our
scientific laboratories II 4. used
chiefly TO attach cover glass 10 Tho
slides Balsan IN also regarded as
an excellent medicine.
Cones and huds or the haisam ftr
are also very distinctive. The buds
are almost round. about one. .si.th OF
an inch long. clustered at the end
OF the twig. and appear 10 bo COW
cred with a coating of varnlsh. Tha
cones are from TO 4 inches long.
cylindrical and stand erect on the
twigs Their scales fan off soon
after they reach maturity and leave
bare central axis. This is an un-
usual habit among evergreen trees.
In tho north woods many collect the
leaves and use them In filling nil
lows and cushions. for tho leaves
when duod emit a very fragrant
Odor Tho wood is soft, does not
contain resin passages and ranges In
color from white to brown. II
weighs about % pounds per cubic
foot and is usod extensively in The
manufacture OF paper pulp. crates
and packing boxes.
There are 20 kinds or spruce
trees and they occur In every coun-
try In the northern hemisphere
Eight are native 20 North America,
three being found In the eastern
part and five in the western part,
The Christmas Holly.
Deep green leaves which arc
armed with spines along the margin
distinguish Christmas holly. The
leaves are so bright that they often
reflect light as mirrors. The small
pflkHt roo pefIltN are hRSp "A nflllul