THE HOLLY. 
Botanical Name, Ilex aquifolium. —Class, Tetrandria. 
—Order, Tetragynia. — Berries , red .—Native place, 
Europe. 
Sentiment. 
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
Tiie Holly has, from time immemorial, been 
the symbol of Christmas and all its social 
and domestic pleasures; nor is its social in¬ 
fluence confined to the pleasure it is the 
companion of, -within the circle of the homes 
of man ; the little birds rejoice in the exist¬ 
ence of the green leaves and red berries of 
