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Show rorlune In Ih. Mistletoe. N Georgia there la a farm 4Tlf acvolt'a ' mistletoe and fa "it'' tutWf growing. It 1 Wavsjlv owned by the Cart ledge sVyv "' fumlly, consisting of vwM? It.'' I niu,n,'r ,wo daugh-iJ daugh-iJ jf'-l' lers, but the daughter &ri(l uo 1,16 'brining. It all bi'Kan through the allure all-ure of th elder alster to make nil Immediate triumph In art, to study which ahe went to New Yurk. She realized In the great city, as ahe never could have In her rural southern home, that talent fur art la s.v. 111. 11 ii uopu iur special dlallnctlon, and wisely concluded con-cluded to turn to aomethlng that would bring more apcedy results, lle-Ing lle-Ing an observant young woman, Mia Cartledge noticed that holly and mle-tlrtoe mle-tlrtoe brought extremely high price and bethought her that on the COO acrea at home In Georgia buth grow In wild uhundHtue. bhe r-l im il hums and aho and her alster b.-xan to prepare pre-pare for making the neglected luxuriance luxu-riance of marketable value. In th month of January and February following fol-lowing they set out ten acres of young holly trees with their own ban. la. Their colored farm hands would not plant a holly tree for worlda, as they believe that If they did they would 41 aa aoon as th tree became tall enough to cast a ahadow the measure of their graves. Last Christmas the alster found the trees so grown that they required thinning out and the trees thst were removed were sent north for Christmas trees and brought high prices, as they were symmetrical and covered wllh large, rich hurries. They plant the mistletoe berries under th bark of old oak trees In a crack or hole, where they can gut hold aa thor germinate. |