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The tying up is very important and often neglected. Three wires are 

 sufficient, and to these the uprights should be kept tied, as they grow, or the 

 vineyard will present a very untidy appearance. 



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THE PALM TREE. 



Among the Indians of Brazil there is a tradition that the whole human race 

 sprang from a Palm tree. It has been a symbol of excellence for things good 

 and beautiful. Among the ancients it was an emblem of victory, and, as such, 

 was worn by the early Christian martyrs, and has been found sculptured on their 

 tombs. The Mohammedans venerate it. Certain trees, said to have been pro- 

 pagated from some originally planted by the prophet's daughter, are held sacred 

 and the fruit sold at enormous prices. The day upon which Christ entered 

 Jerusalem, riding upon the colt of an ass, is called Palm Sunday, being the first 

 day of the Holy Week. In Europe real Palm branches are distributed among 

 the people. Goethe says : 



** In Rome, on Palm Sunday, 

 They have the true Palm, 

 The cardinals bow reverently 

 And sing old psalms. 

 Elsewhere these songs are sung 'mid Olive branches ; 

 More southern climes must be content with the sad \Vill(»\v." 



The books relating to the religion of Buddha, were nearly all of them 

 written upon the leaves of the Fan Palm, and by missionaries they have been 

 used in the place of paper. The noble aspect of this tree, together with its sur- 

 passing utility, has caused it to be called *' the prince of the vegetable kingdom," 

 and it has been immortalized in history, mythology and poetry. — From Trees in 

 History and Mythologe. 



