THE HOLLY AVHEX FOURTEEN 

 INXHES IN HEIGHT. 



THE HOLLY TREE. 



CxEXERAL TvEALlRKS. 



X old Hollv might well be supposed to play the wizard's 

 fi^T^ F^^'*- ^^ ^^^'^ enchantment of the woodlands. Its trunk 

 crouches above the ground, and trom it rise the stems 

 in grotesque curves and twists, now closely intertwined, 

 now reaching out hither and thither, halt concealed by a dark canopy 

 ot overhanging toliage. Festoons ot honeysuckle are \yreathed about 

 them : o\er the trunk lichens creep, ^yhile velvet green mosses and 

 tiny ferns till in the hollo\^■s. The ground beneath is hoarv with 

 the tallen leaves of many bygone seasons. As you lock past the 

 veteran at your side there are more trees, one beyond the other in 

 long vistas : thev are magicians all, and in league with the sky. 



