Show CHRISTMAS HOLLY HISTORY OF THE PRESIDING PLANT OF A JOYFUL SEASON its if vt vae in decoration of urt antiquity sprigs led in churches supposed to tc bring bood lack of tile tl drulis why holly are an sea holly belongs to that evor evergreen green flora which antedates the glacial period in this northern hemisphere lt it ill ie a plant which possesses vigor demoli gh to stand by its ancestral habits rather than conform to the deciduous of a newer generation which prosperity to its time serving it is one of the genus ilex some seine at which lite like members of the ancient mime of ri france rance have adopted plebeian lilan habits and have begun to shod their leaves annually no less thin make up the genus and only a minority now inhabit what is at present called the temperate em zone the majority are fondd in the tropical regions 4 asia and america europa ape sole survivor of that miocene flora which resembled the forms now moot mat with in asiatic and south forests forc Ets this is the well known ellaa holly the united states of ArAd diou has hag at least ten representatives depre fix of which have conformed to the deciduous bablina of recent times limes only one of theeo w however concerns us ns now md aas that one is called the american holly boly the ahe en ell holly is ilex the american holly is ilex oprial doubt dolbt less it was the former of 0 which was invested with the right in 0 o preside over the decorations of tk the feast but bat that bailor has been tra transferred nsf erred on this side of 60 atlantic to the latter form the leaves of are not so blossy nor am its her berries so brilliantly bc fc arlet its sister lister plant the use me of holly in chium decoration I 1 is in of great antiqua I 1 probably is merely a continua continuation tt am roman boman aarti oms of pro pore christ es fox for it was held by rome borne in that wreaths of holly were all bol of congratulation at w a the 8 anup chent aln ako hu b branches of evergreens ever greens olf of which monest in the their bo as places pieces of shelter tor for the sylvan y 1 rits its during the cc cold id weather w e ath e r it il w wah a 0 iral bral ral therefore thern fore that t h at when chant an to decorate dea orate home and clinich f fort or r religious festivals they should M u be e plants they had boon been accustomed in othir days atvas it was in this way doal plants clauta became as fl with certain seasons houy holly and I 1 ivi sp arestY ore accepted without res reea tion tart and ahir use became universal nd d nov a cul rule 6 oration bration of chrism ritho tit sy no or ir both of these would bl n 7 some plants do not i ni in to bohaj hai u t lt a accepted with equal ft r then q tho lie baleful mistletoe I 1 vo vocation catiN 1 talo dangerous habit of it tog ag chih the doctors are arc try trying to 3 bl tup up liy y 1 ing what terrible m obes b es ar ir ill mun isable ble in the i opt tiou iou T i i the historian of C chi maa las at li bridge hall on r re ting ing thu el cc porch we found the pa in n rebal ng the gray headed sexton for having UM I 1 1 i 1 nil ru toetoe among the greean M freewith gree with 1 ahn i the church was decor aleco it a he reserved h an unholy t be I 1 y v having been used by bif alfh arnid uia lu in tapir mystic ceremonies kgb it might be innocently employ om ployd tj in tile the cestive ori ornamenting lamenting of balls lind k kitch cui vet it had been bean deemed byshe fachet 1 9 of the church its as ednd totally unfit tor for sacred purposes fies 00 tenacious was he on this point thal the poor sexton bexton was obliged to strip down it a great part of the humble ot of his taste be tore fore the parson would voul to enter upon tile the ser selvlee vi re ot of i day so tile the mistletoe sacred am aad t the Druid fc is rejected but iv ivy v sucre sacr t to bacchus is accepted holly which I 1 has b n used forthe for alie decoration of is highly valued in worcestershire shire and re 0 biln r e and ber a 8 small piece with kit h it i blut J ut b berries r 1 es is became it bobring good inck inch tor for tile the buo en V year r lu in rut kut land ill brugli I 1 koo anty they say it is to eln ani fly iby holly ell at all into the house se befi Ch christinas Chiist Ostinus inas eve some varieties of t acau call holly are much i 1 me te ri kly u others the smi 1111 V I 1 I 1 lie i 1 i I 1 and the tha I 1 1 i oa the mi if was at VMS ile sciny in cornwall the ev evergreen agreen habit of the boll holly y lias bas given point to a 2 scotch cotch proverb which defines on an inveterate liar hur as one who tolls lees the boll in is gr flen and why are arc till tho borries red ali ah thereby bangs a beautiful tale of it a adaptation they are red to entile entice the iho b birtia ads so that dispersion and distribution may lie be attained attai nod dut but we ve have said enough about our sprig of hollys holly and trust that its efficacy at berrio christmas will he be none coal tho the less because we lave have brightened of its iti history now york post |