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i. Rete: December. 17, 1958, .

| - IMAGINATION

~ Long Pedigree. of. Holly Bush

a Reviewed By Writer Here —

a: : By. GEORGE. ROBERTS

“your imagination. . ‘First of ‘all. you
are 50 years old.- You. have English

“France... You settled’in the Victoria

‘This -is‘a story of imagination . . .

| Evelyn’s holly hedge. was 400 feet
long, nine: feet high and’ ‘five feet

‘in breadth.

“parentage “but..you:. were born in”

district. out on ‘the. Oldfield property

“ters: settled on’ the Solarium : prop-
erty. You were ‘called a pioneer 3n
_-. those days. od fact, you area holly.

tree. _

“You. have lived: through prohibi-

tion, the threat of. seeing your ‘off-

_ spring-‘turn into: champagne; - pri-
“vate ‘exploitation’ and now | co-cper-:
“ative: selling. ‘Some of your: children
“were taken to: ‘the. Experimental
“Farm. when: it. was. realized: how

~-You have bred hundreds of pounds

~ doing. so for many. years. to come.
Every. year’ you “get upset from
‘the ‘spray that. is. sent your: way - but
you ‘shouldn’t complain because you

“sickness.
oe the: sewage | disposal: you . get: some
very. good’ meals.
know. ‘who. you’ are supposed to -be
perhaps: you.. would .. like » to. hear.
something about’ holly. trees. in. _Ben-
“eral. ae

GRANDMOTHER TREE

—There’s a:.tree on ‘a “farny above.

Nanaimo known as the. ‘grandmother.
ree that. bears: over '100- pounds cf

‘holly per.: year and: has. been’ known’

ield : cas high as: 200: pounds; “At
‘Lay’ Ss: Court, ‘Deptiord, _neland,

~ valuable you ‘were. to. the’ economy.

~~ of family -and you. will carry: on.

haven’t. had ‘much’ ‘skin “disease” or:
Situated as you are by:

-Now ‘that.--you

and ‘some of your brothers and’ sis-

As well as. ornamentation, holly 1S
used for other purposes. |

‘In Paraguay ‘the. native holly tree
furnishes. the . Paraguay.
yerba de mate, similar to the. role
Chinese’ tea. plays in North. Ameri-
can economy.: About 8,000,000 pounds
are harvested annually.
‘In Victoria, years ago, there was:
a’ threat. of holly being: fermented
and filtered into champagne. .It was
said. at. that: time..that cattle. feed,
even. flour. would: be. by-products.
The wood ‘of :the holly is hard, es-
pecially from the centre of. the large
trees. -It- stains’ well ‘and is emp'o/-
ed.in: ‘the place ‘of ebony.”
“From ‘the bark. of :the holly, bird-
lime is -manufactured.. ‘The. leaves
provide:

for ‘birds. ..

days,’ as far’.as* its decorative ‘pur-

early .Christian. missionaries “used

mas: message. °

Superstitions exist in pertain: Euro-.
pean countries: where it ‘is. deemed
unlucky. to introduce: it into a house
before Christmas Eve. In some. Eug-
lish: rural “districts ; the. prickly : and:

non prickly. kinds... ‘are: Aistinguisned

“he”. or ’.she 3 “holly; ‘and’

Derbyshire the tradition obtains: that
according “as: ‘the: ‘holly: ‘brought at:
Christmas. into. a house. is’ ‘smootn

the holly to brighten up pele Christ-

tea—an.|-.

Holly ‘dates’ back: to the Roman |

ZZ

| At Christmas time our hearts are. gay

j And happy children aug oh at play

While close beside, there lurks a threat

To all. our happiness, and yet

yust BUY. AND USE
YOUR. CHRISTMAS, SEALS

a’.coloring matter. called |”
jlixanthin. The: berries: provide: food:

‘poses..are. concerned. : Probably ‘th2 -

or’ rough, the wife or ‘husband will
be the master. ». °°

Getting ‘back to you: as a. holly

tree did you. know. that this year.
your’ kids :. were: frozen’ to.” death?
.What happened . was" a:

Not. quite:
new: method i ‘in marketing: procedur?. 2

‘was picked: and placed: in: cold® ‘stor:

age’ “until: shipment tothe ‘east.

time: plis.a stockpile of holly ready
for. shipment. *: Jack’ Squance, - who

‘owns -you ‘and keeps you ‘alive, . said

“ers”.

Thi ins sivrtisemn is rat panned of cine by tnt Tia or Goi iaial Bout " th “ata 7 i TH Ge

the new: ‘idea was a wonderful: breax

for:.the : ‘grower. Jack. is a: member’

of the’ Vancouver. Asland Holly Grow-

In’ Pickwick. ‘Papers;
: of Charles ..

free ct hae detiver , We
pane. on

~ SIDNEY 15

sen by
Howie

FIGHT rupencuLosis... |

oe knowledge and adventure.
This. year for. the: first ‘time ONY. :

The |
‘result was: an: ‘extra month’s picking

Co: “operative” Association: :and~
“follows * ‘in: his, father’ s ‘footsteps: -W .
Re “ Squance: was a: director. of | the.
‘association when: it was formed ¢ dur. ,
ing. 1949. :

‘Dickens’

The means we need ts right at hand
| To banish TB from our land.
So let. your dollars raise a wall
| Of health protection jor us all
| And help us NOW, heed our ramp

"Eleanore M Dunne.

classical novel. are brought to life on
the. screen. Mr. Pickwick, the jovial
leader of the Pickwick society, and

three members, .. Winkle; Tuoman

and’ Snodgrass, «decide “to.- make a.

stagecoach ‘tour of Britain in ‘search

It a branch of: yew is abéidenially
brought into “a house on Christmas,
it is. looked. upon as an‘augury, that

a death: will occur: in: the family be
fore. the end of ‘the: year. :

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happiness to Canadian ‘homes, the.
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launch: an all-out campaign’ to pre-

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Under the diréction: of Rev. Or.
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