found in every green lane, good taste and ready aptitude- 
only being wanted to work it up into designs at once pleas¬ 
ing and effective.” 
Christmas is a day to be observed with gladness and 
hearty good-will, and whatever decorations can give this- 
expression are appropriate. In reference to that stern sen¬ 
timent which would banish all decorations from places of 
worship, Wordsworth says : — 
“ Go seek, when Christmas snows discomfort bring, 
The counter spirit found in some gay church, 
Green with fresh Holly, ev’ry part a perch, 
On which the linnet or the thrush might sing, 
Merry and loud, and safe from prying search, 
Strains offered only to the genial Spring. 
In England the Holly and the Laurel are very generally 
used, and nothing can be finer. In some parts of our coun¬ 
try these are to be found, and in such places, will not fail 
to be so employed. 
Several sorts of Lycopodium are serviceable for decora¬ 
tions ; some kinds are dwarf, only growing from four to 
eight inches in height, and another one, called running 
Pine , grows several yards in length. 
The Arbor-Vitse has come into very general use in this 
country for wreaths and festoons in Christmas trimmings. 
