Plate 62. HOLLY. Del Monte. 



"Now of all the trees by the King's highway, 



Which do you love the best? 

 O, the tree that is green upon Christmas day, 



The bush with the bleeding heart. 

 Now the Holly with her drops of blood for me 

 For that is our dear Aunt Mary's tree." 



("Aunt Mary" is a Cornish and quite reverent term of endearment for the Virgin.) 



