HOLLYHOCK 



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HOLMES 



are white, and appear in May; the fruit is 

 small, round and scarlet, ripens in September 

 and decorates the tree all through the winter. 

 The leaves, ber- 

 ries and roots are 

 said to have me- 

 dicinal properties. 

 Birdlime is made 

 from the inner 

 bark. The wood 

 is extremely hard, 

 white and fine 

 grained, and is 

 used by cabinet 

 and musical in- 

 strument makers, 

 and sometimes 

 for wood engrav- 

 ing. 



The American 

 holly is also an 

 evergreen tree, 



reaches a height Be merry all, be merry all, 



t t ^ n * A With holly dress the festive 

 of forty-five feet hall ; 



and resembles the Prepar *l. th 1 i,? onfir ' the feast ' 

 European va- 

 riety, but its 

 leaves are less 

 glossy and its berries less bright. It is found 

 throughout the United States and Southern 

 Canada, and includes about a dozen species, 

 most of which grow in swampy places. The 

 mate which is used in South America instead of 

 tea is made from the leaves of a holly tree. 

 See MATE. 



HOLLYHOCK, hoi' i hock, a hardy plant of 

 the mallow family which is found in dooryards 

 and gardens. As hock is only another name 

 for mallow, the name hollyhock, therefore, 

 means a mallow. It was brought originally 

 from the Holy Land; it grows sometimes to a 

 height of six or eight feet, and the stalk is 



To welcome merry Christ- 

 mas. 



SPENCER : The Joys of 

 Christmas. 



studded with large flowers, which may be either 

 single or double. In color it ranges from scar- 

 let to lavender and white. Formations called 

 fuzz, on the dried seed pod, are really long, 

 slender arms spreading in all directions. It is 

 best to sow the 

 seed in February 

 and not place the 

 plant in the open 

 until April, when 

 it should be trans- 

 planted in well- /" 

 enriched soil. 



HOLMES, 

 hohmz, ELI AS 

 BURTON (1870- 

 ), an Ameri- 

 can traveler 

 widely known for 

 his illustrated lec- 

 tures, or Trav- 

 elogues, was born 

 and educated in 

 Chicago. When a 

 boy he became 

 interested in photography and devoted much 

 time to making pictures of his early travels in 

 the United States, Mexico and Cuba. At the 

 age of sixteen he made his first European tour. 

 His first lecture, Through Europe with a Cam- 

 era, was given before the Chicago Camera Club 

 in 1890. 



Three years later (1893) he made his first 

 professional appearance. His lectures imme- 

 diately won popularity, and each year he gives 

 courses in the ten largest cities of the United 

 States, presenting new subjects each season. 

 Mr. Holmes devotes six or eight months each 

 year to travel. His lectures have been pub- 

 lished in a series of beautifully illustrated 

 volumes under the title, Burton Holmes Trav- 

 elogues. 



HOLLYHOCKS 



The" Wonderful One-Hoss Shay" 



OLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (1809- 

 1894). In his Fable jor Critics, James Russell 

 Lowell wrote in his sharpest, cleverest vein: 



There's Holmes, who is matchless among you for 



wit; 



A Leyden jar always full charged, from which flit 

 The electrical tingles of hit after hit ; 



