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1 dry N J t art tf ix r f t f r r 1 a S k r rw w l e M m T n M Y T t rr fA M t A 4 N HotlY ON Sl r k J 1 d h r Z f Y r K r l FN 1 t r r p rr r w A C vL e ie iek 2 k 3 tl f 1 1 y yie r r ie i i sir r r l 1 r Y r raF t t a k r 1 t y Mr rS aF a r r t yi r SIr if y J ty t aiL L qS a c CHRISTMAS TREES PS s 3 Asti t x 1 READ FOR 1 w f re reY I r Y r ONG before Christmas Cht gifts ore arc on the tho counters and In the shop strop r windows a tho preparatory part parti i t of or the season of or tradition and sentiment Is being worked out In tho 1 forests which furnish tho decorations for tor homes churches and public places i of or tho land and which give to tho crowded streets Fifty Fitly years ago any an one In a n great Jr f city who wanted a Christmas treo would have walked a n long lon distance bo ba bas s fore tore finding the desired article A year 1 ago It was teas roughly estimated that more than Christmas trees were 1 sold Bold in tho country For obvious rea ren reasons sons eons New Nett York receives and sells more j of oC these trees and of ot holly hall and mistletoe toe toc than any city in the tho United States V For several weeks tt before the merry a season sets acts In the streets In the tho lower end of oC Manhattan aro are filled with aIth i holiday harbingers They como camo by I boats mostly schooners and by rail mil I More o than 75 per cent of or o these greens prow grow on the tho cold hillsides of or eastern i und and northern Maine und and on an the moun mountains talus and In n forests of oC New Hamp Hampshire shire and Vet Vermont Velmont mont The Tho harvesting cord and shipping to points along the tho At Atlantic lantic costs coast arc me conducted on an nn ex cx scale The Tho work worl glues gives em om employment to many young oun farmers and und at a u season when money mone forthe for tor forthe the IB r i not any I Y too plentiful for tor these o t men who u hd formerly hunt hUllt hunted ed in winter have been largely J bereft berrt Of OC that of revenue for tor i lu t tio v t r yearn earll ra ta b I I 1 To 1 how hose the business bps grown crown uno unu need aced only remember that years ago Igo when It II began beg n In I Milne no moro more than four tour schooners schooner WIIO employed cd to bring down the tho cut I am awl their cargoes contained less than 1000 trees Today there aro are not enough I I to supply tho demand along alongI I I the const coast as na far Car as New York city Scores of oC railroad trains also bring in ti trees from Pennsylvania sections of oC tho New England states slates that are not accessible to the coast and lud the Interior of oC New Nett York and an Now Jersey While the big clues cities of or iho tho cast arc being su I may r r n H a Ire art shipped to the I 1 middle western states Holly dolly and cols mis another branch of oC tho fi i ss They The como from Crom Maryland Y r 5 s TREES k NI f Y S 1 F L a 0 r b o and Virginia and somo comp come from Cram the i far southwest Harvesting Christmas trees Is not i conducted In any haphazard sort of way n ay Anything will relit not do Tho Ideal tree treo n to must be Intensely green symmetrical and graceful grace Cui and und andUs I its Us limbs must bo be stout so as to hold holdup holdup holdup up the gifts they the are aro designed to bear benr I Generally there hero Is a J largo profit In har hart i t vesting these trees If IC there Is s an au av average average average cut the cost of delivering to New Nett NewYork York Fork or ar Boston docs does not exceed 2 cents I a tree PhD Tho of or the fife smallest treo In a n big city elt seldom falls tails below 25 26 cents and from that tho price goes up to G 5 according to the tho height and sym symmetry metry of ot the tho tree Another r decoration for COt tho tiro season Is 18 tho ground plant It grows deep In InI tin the pine wood and und among resinous needles and broken limbs It Is la a I creeping plant Children of oC tho country gather it ft In n tho ho fall tall sort sort I It press e It ft Into boxes bO or sacks s and send r I It to tho cities Out Gut of f this I aro n made mado wreaths festoons oral and streamers Into J Jan any an desired make muk tIP tho h I 1 decorations seen leen all over Ocr the tho land j I Tyco Treo Farm of tho City I The fht stranger In ht New Nen York city n a few Cw weeks coll before Christmas would be war warranted I ranted In lu the opinion that Christmas trees holly and other green Sleen growths constituted the principal traffic of tho thol I metropolis Almost anything except a largo large tree Intended for tor decoration during the Is on ou salo sale on thy the sidewalks the venders being beta men wo I Imen Imen men and children But this is only apart a apart I part palt of oC the stock Block Over Oel on tho west westside westside side aids not tar far from the tho docks is what Is 18 called coifed tho farm tarm This Tha comprises the tho great eat open spaces along West street that being the tho widest thoroughfare of oft the city Hero Here are arc grouped great stacks of Christmas trees and piles of oC wreaths This Is tho the wholesale market In the center of Intersecting streets arc more Christmas goods goads of at the same sort but on less extensive lines From these markets the tho retail dealer draws his supply und std from here hero large con consignments i are ure shipped to country I towns A year eur ago abo It was wa estimated that more than 00 carloads of oC trees and holly I and I mistletoe t were r delivered I e I to the Now e York market I I There 1 I aro uru 2000 trees to fo each euch carload Make your Ii own ores deduction And rind dont forget Corlet that these trees tre s came eme c by b rail tall The Tho cargoes by boat arc to bo added The Tho best beat seller In III the Christmas treo tree line Is tho balsam fir Ile because possibly of ot o its aromatic fragrance Firs Fh s and spruces for tor tho the holiday In New lew NewYork NewYork York city and vicinity come from front Maine liaise Now Note Hampshire Vermont Y and und I tho Adirondacks In order to got get them to market in time tho woodcutters n start I thu the work of at cutting bunching and trimming early In October er In ln most mast i cases tho cuts aro hauled i long dis fasces over country roads before c they aro shipped on an trains heso trees range from Cram six feet Ceet to o feet j I In ht height Wholesale prices tango range ran o from Cram 75 cents a bunch usually four trees make a bunch up to 3 25 6 for tor n a single singletree I tree trey that measures feet Ceet The wholesale trade of ot New Nett York city is handled by only ani a n few tew concerns Ono One has hoe been in tho business bu for or moro than years cars Orders Ordel lor tor the thu tIL grout great Christmas cut cal aro arc often made mado while are Just finishing their vaca vacations Similar Christmas markets are arc found Cound i before th season spars opens In Chicago Philadelphia Boston and Washington ton Chicago draws on tho the of at Mleh hIlch 1 Igan tar for much of o Its stock In the tho way tray of Christmas h s trees s and d supplies a vast I rS urea I In the west and northwest 1 s with I greeneries that add to the merry sex seH seHon j son on Most of oI the trees delivered It h IL i Chicago arrive on tatty Jako schooners j I in lu J i I ml woodsmen work In gangs and are aro in tho rho employ of i t large huge I Th lh contractor pays the tho owner of at tho rho land at the rate of from S 7 u o IO rut ui acts acre taking thuin us Ill they come cOllie The trees arc loaded on large lurge hay and bark rigged wagons hauled to the nearest railroad station by b oxen men and plied piled In III n stacks or rows ron s near scar tho U tracks tram from which are loaded on lumber lumbar cars and shipped to the largo larso cities Homo Noma of Holly The Pita holly used In decorations comes from I Virginia North Caro Can Carolina Cantina tina lina and South Carolina In cases of oC from rom 75 76 to pounds In weight prices ranging from Crom 1 to 55 S per ease case ac according according according I cording to quality Much of oC it comes in wreaths t varying ar ln in lq alza and quality i ii i These wreaths r sell for from 6 to 12 I I I per hundred bundred The prices aro thorn thosa of or I last year and they the will probably not notI j I vary tart much this thin year car Imported I too comes mostly from Normandy though some Is obtained In England It H I sells for tram from 10 to W 15 16 per case of or orI I pounds The home tats mis mistletoe which comes from Crom the tho same states starts that produce the holly brings 3 from Crom Sl S1 1 to 52 2 per par barrel I The Tho Christmas tree treo U eo was teas wa sentimentally revered long before this land was tsar dis discovered I covered Tree Tret worship r also obtained In England and ond France Franc In the days 1115 of or the Druids Drula In tome come form Corm or other othol It is I worshiped In heathen lands It Il ex exists exIsts exIsts In ht Iceland According to tho rec Y P t a il tt r t y r rA rI fi t p I A f 1 7 i ir r y yv v t t 7 k 1 u j v rc nr t ti n r r t TAKING Hp 1 TH Y i i I I Gorda In that country It was known In China years coca cars B C Tho English child to enjoy a I treo was waa n as Mary Mur daughter of oC Henry Henr who wa WUI afterward known knon n nus as us Bloody Mary 1111 When hen she wits ryas four foUl years ears old a rosemary Lush bush hung with rod Iod Jewels Jewell und and allver or spangles and lighted with was bet sel up in tho Iho great hall of oC llio castle for tho the amusement of oC n the thc little princess From this rosemary hush bush the custom spread pread until now note no En English lIsh home is s without the UI Christmas tree fret Tho extent of ot tho Christmas treo In InI I and the fife holly and mistletoe us UI usI I Well Cell in New York Tork city elt will t give glo an ao idea of oC tho business bUl throughout the rite I hI country A year ear ago the big bl city spent more maIo than S for Cor these Christ Christmas Christmas mas mss goods goads Of OC course all nil were not nol used In the city but Jut that the amount expended for Cor trees holly holl other Christmas t enns U tt was teas wa also estimated that first between and anel people in the city were recto vendors senders of the Yuletide decorations Thu Tho scone same year It was teas estimated that St Louis Louts now toroth fourth in hi population spent more than 1 for tor tin the th same sallie sort of oC goods tor for tho season of oC good will wll Besides these thes decorations there are uru Wreaths of lles colored accord according InS ing to t h purchasers frs fancy rane Irom I these the bells belle which u arc uru seen so much h In ht windows windows during the Christmas sea season s a aSOli son sou arc aro made Prices of oC o wreaths n and alii bells hells from t vary ar according to the tho size desired 8 tho Christmas tree st became a commercial commodity in III tho coal cast the follon following story as to Jiow it was in introduced Introduced In ht very New York Is l of or interest A good stony many man yenta years ago ago Ugo the tho season had been a poor ono for Cor the farmer Ono Onu up In III tho 1115 had hers been hard hit lIe JIo cut cat down soma porno trees tree that hud had grown at nt his hla door und and shipped them to New Neu York Yarn YOI city ell coming slang along with faith his product Ho Ile obtained the privilege of oC using a n sidewalk downtown on nn which he by exhibited his r this he Paid the city il l 1 Hv HI was the pioneer 1 er in ht the th Christmas Chri tree tr e business In the metropolis The Christmas tree trec merchant who sets seta n a corner or ur any all space In ht the tho great city elt now is II lucky luck and the Ih price pall paid IK Ii s so 1 0 great that It will taut cut into tho Ihl profit prods Iho tho sales aro tH enormous FRANK fRA K H BROOKS ROOI S |