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f. “Don't send me e resent; sand ‘ne a box of holLv." is is a com- . mon request many residents of Vic- gtorla. B. 0., receive from the friends and relatives in Eastern Ca. ;fnada when thoughts of Christmas ire u permost in our minds. j Holy grows profusely in Victoria because of the soft. mild climate. {but even there Christmas is not complete without sprigs of the -ililny green. prickly leaves and the ‘red berries peeking out from vases on the piano, from the mantel. or the pictures on the wall. And it mod surely will stand in all its glory atop the Christmas pudding when it 1S paraded to the dining- room fable,

Huge holly trees are found in some of the lovely old gardens of Victoria. They were brought as ,seeds or small trees from England .60 and 75 years ago by the pion- eers who came around Cape Horn in sailing ships. From the old gar- dens the holly tree has developed

into the decorative scheme of Vic. ly

toria and expanded into a lucrative ccmmercial business.

Most of Victoria's streets are boiilevarded and certain sections have special types of trees. In the James Bay district. one of the first to be settled, several streets have holly trees. These are nearly 30 feet high and their pyramidal tops give the street an attractiveness to be found nowhere else. In winter. when they are alive with red ber-

, ries, they are truly Christmas trees.

Luxury Item in Eastern Canada

On the Prairies and in Eastern Canada, however, holly is a luxury. It ccst but 36 cents a pound in Victoria, but sometimes brings as much as $4 on the Toronto or Mon- ‘treal retail market. No wonder a woman is the envy of her friends when slie sports a gay sprig of hol- ly on her fur coat, or can hang a wreath in her from room window.

Holly is grown commercially in orchards. on farms, or on planta. tlons. Government inspectors usual- ly; bill the holly-growing areas Ypantations. You will find most or the orchards in the vicinity of Vic-

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ir mainland they are

1min, Duncan, Mill Bay, or Nanalmo. if you seek them on iincouver 1b. land, On the British Columbia to be found zlot more than 40 miles inland from 501i water; beyond that the trees car}- not survive the colder weather. ho‘- ly is a major crop on the Moliliuli farm near Victoria. the Haduun, Xllfm at Cobble Hill, the aby vlw-i tation at Nanaimo. 811d i "umberl of other farms, but many persons who have only a few trees in llivll‘ gardens cut an annual harvest. Let's visit a typical Victoria holly, farm, the two and one.half acre, plantation cf Barrett. Montiort. which boasts some 500 trees 0! varying size and age. The trees rare sci, out about l0 feetlflllilfl. 1111M"- ing room for cultivation and cut-‘ ting, Holly’ trccs grow slowly and cannot be cut commercially “Til-ll they are l2 to l5 ycirs old. Some: trees that are 60 years Old STOW W a height of 40 feet and will produce 200 pounds of cutabie holly annual- '. Holly lives to a great age in the

favorable climates and so e trees in England are 200 to years old. In Europe the wood, which lS white and hard. is yhlued for many‘ purposes. such as cabinet. work, in- laying, filming, and the making 0f mathematical instruments.

Holly may be propagated by seed. cuttings. layering, budding and grafting. Seeds do not germinal? until the second year. The trees take a tremendous amount of nour- ishment from the soil and. in or- dcr u. feed them properly and to ensure the heaviest possible growth, most commercial growers apply commercial fertilizers in the spring at the rate of one to l2 potirids per tree, depending upon the size and needs 0f the tree. A recom- mended fertilizer is (LI-L 8-10-5. Chemistry also comes to the rescue of the holy grower when his trees are threatened by tho deadly holly leaf miner. which lays its eggs in the mid-rib of the leaf and the resulting maggot tunnels within the leaf and causes unsightly blem- ishes. CIL nicotine sulphate spray has proved effective not only a- gains the leaf miner, but against a second insect, the holly bud mot/h.

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Belly Female in All ller Clary

All berry h oomol hQ tbs fem trees. call’; mall hoes, 0f I231: dthgek at: gin; n few “g duo r, o o placqui like the human mac at an IOWIUIQ X15211!

r t fe ising the female trees.

The holly berry turns from green to n lovely red in late October and November, and commercial cutting uiualy begins about a month before Christmas. In the ordinary gun den, the owner of one or two tree: does his own cutting. endeavoring to snip off the sprigs with the be:

iee and yet maintain the gen- O

erally rounded lines of the tree. In

commercial orchard cutting is 9N8

the

done scientifically. Six cutters are employed on the Montfort form, an sisted 0n the ground by ii number of girls who gather the sprigs and pack them.

The cutters work from high lad. ders and wear rubber gloves, not only to protect their hands from the sharp points of the leaves, but to avoid bruising the leaves. lo cutter pries in between the heavy foliage and takes care to IClHOVB Only list year's growth. leaving this year's shoots for cutting in i945. The tree is not stripped. as might be supposed. About half of the berried wood is left.

Most of the Victoria holly, which came originally from Holland and France. has prickly leaves from the lower limbs clear to the top, un- like the more common type which is prickly to the height of a cow and then smooth to the top. ‘The reason for this, so the story rzocs. is to prevent cows, which have :i fondness for holly. from stripping the trees. Bosaie backs away from the prickly leaves and can't reach the smooth ones.

‘ From Coast to Coast

Toronto offers the best market for Victoria holl , but some goes as far east us alliax and Prince Edward Island. It is usually mark- eted through the chain stores and fruit shops.

When the holly is picked, it is packed in 25.pound cartons and left in the open until shipping time. In transit the tern erature is kept between 30 and degrees. Too must, frost will damage the leaves and berries, and excessive heat causes holly to dry out. An orchard the size of that owned by Mr. Montiort yields about, six tons of holly annually. Express shi merits from Victoria. alone are ea d to exceed $15,000 annually. and many thousands of packages, large and small, go out by parcel post. A favorite package for personal shipments is a sgecial cedar box which preserves t e holly in good condition for a long trip.

One of the biggest, friendly ship- pers of holly is George I. Warren, secretary of the Victoria and Van. couver Island Publicity Bureau, who knows that Christmas holly is a sure way into the hearts oi key executives in the East and re-

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By Prolenor BRUCE KEANE

liar the entertainment of the hristmas party them is nothiw w but g iitte WQn-thflllflhlrfll" ramme of magic and myetbfll-

The items in such a programme need not be at all elaborate. 196d not consist of items in any way be-

-yond the aklll of the moat inex-

periencedwif coniurors.

Indeed. it is usually true that the simpler a trick is the muff baffling is its effect on the auc- fence.

The tricks I um going to out- line in this article are all of this simple character. easily performed

DEAD flVYAEI-IED TU lflNDlfllifhlzi

after a little thorough rehearsal and recluiring no expensive para. phernal a.

But they are all tricks WhlCh will certainly interest and amuse the guests of any Christmas party.

A good trick to start off with is The Knot That Ties Itself. If the instructions are carefully fol- lowed it will seem to the audience that the handkerchief you take carelessly from your inside pocket does Just that.

The handkerchief, of course, has been carefully prepared beforc- hand~in this fashion. To one cor- ner of the handkerchief sew one end of a piece of dark thread. The other end of this thread should be

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the right hind and the threlfkd corner in e le .

The handkerchief is now lightly twisted l-opeJashlon. and in this twisting cafe mllflt b6 tlkflll l0 En‘ gage the b11368‘? across the back u! . n,- ere. the le hon o, m’ but“. chief is

hand with the left hand. Lastly either a wand or the forefinger of the right hand can be used to provide that necessary tension needed to pul the threaded cor ner of the handkerchief over the fingers of the left hand. These. still retaining their hold of the handkerchief, are pressed against the left palm. and in this way the thread is enabled to pass will! downwards and form the knot. And if the trick is

few time; it will realy seem as though the handkerchief is actually tying itself into a knot.

Walking mantel-slum

ually bewildering is another nah kelchief trick tilat miabt fol- low this, if done with the requisite care. You can call it The Walk!!! Handkerchiefs. It needs little ap- paratus, and is by no means dif- ficult to perform. All that is ncccs-saiy. in fact, are four silk handkcrchicfs, two led and two

ue

In preparation for the trlflk falt- en b. small gummed label to the top left-hand corner of both side: of two of the handkerchiefs-a red one and a Hue one The label 0n one side will '2 marked "A" and that on the other “B"

The only other things required are two exactly s lar gumlned lll-bélS-—fl.lld of course your magic wand

Face your audience with the lettered blue handkerchief already concealed in the top of your empty right-hand trousers pocket 1nd the lettered red in the top of the left- hand pocket (Fig. 2). By pushing the handkcrohiefs, rolled into

tied to a safety pin and fixed in- side the ticket pocket.

When t e handkerchief is taken from the ket be careful to hold

minds them annually of beautiful, balmy Victoria’.

it with e unthreaded comer in

Say it '

JEWELRY

th is?

VCbriStfnas

Everyone loves to receive

jewelry -- exquisite

jewelry from Urocketfs that’s lasting, tliat’s a re-

membrance throughout tile years!

Choose for every-

one on your list from these gifts.

Diamond Rings $33.00

Yellow or while IBIII- 1G x obie.

Gift In!!! .........

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A small ‘deposit will

Clirlatiiiu , Open Every Wednesday until Christan

hold any article until

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Gold Crone, Chain

A gift ‘gab-P girls Ieve to receive. may to elioocc y

ball, right up a ainst the stitch- ed b] ck

ing at the top o. the pocket, this can be easily done. so that when the moment comes for pulling out the linings of the pockets to con- vince the audience that. they are completely empty they will be quite satisfied about it.

Having done tlhis take u the two unmarked handkerohie s, fix labels in the top left-hand comer of each, and mention that Just as the audience nominates you wi mark one "A" and the other "B". This is clone.

The red handkerchief is than rolled up ink) a tight; blll and held in the palm of the right hand with the thumb and is deposited in the right-hand pocket. In carrying out this the concealed blue handker- cnfef is seized by the extended. fingers of the hand and taken wiftly to the bottom of the pocket. '

o prove flint it has been quite safely doposited the lefhhand fin- gers can grasp the outside of the trousers around the rolled-up hand- kerchief. .

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mouth of the Ilia. In .for the trick stand the I downwards on fills P8P! trey. All you need ne paper cone large enough

our . iaswuyibeettnborrow forsucb

mouth

n. sixpence a trick u mving got the coin lay it ostenta-

on the sheet o! inner be.

ilde e inverted wine-glue. Then cover the glass with the cone and giro: the whole over the cone. (Fig, hbw you command the coin to disappear. and carefully remove the cone. The coin will have van- ished. What has really happened.

of course. is that, the piper over the mouth of the glass being of the

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(Fig. some appearance exactly is that

main concealed it without n- roueing any suspic on. .

'I‘o cause the coin to reappear you simply replace the cone and raise it Bllln-“Ollly taking care this time to carry away the glass with it.

This can be repeated again and again and it fa astonishing how bewildering it will seem to those watching you.

Magiieflflllg n In

u simple and fascinating is the trick of the Megpetized Hat. the only apparatus necessary for which om be made in a few min.

utee.

fete o! a small oblong piece of cardboard fitted with two pins bent so that the points stick ' out on the underside-foi- about third of the pin’: total length. Both cardboard and pins are then paint-

a .

For the performance of the trick you borrow a hat-any sort will do but erhapi a bowler is beat. ‘Ilhen pace your hand, lip- parently empty. palm downward a..t"....."°.'il..:."c= "was: w y appears - here to the hand.

Idnrieedaét “gin be alloyed about an urn any poi on, upper- flltly 61ml!!!‘ by the exercise of personal magnetism. Not, merely the palm but the finger tips pos- INB this DOWN". as you can easily

But while this manoeuvre is being carried out the right hand slips the red handkerchief into the‘ waiting s ce at the top of the pocket. T e right hand. on being withdrawn, is immediately shown to be empty. i

Exactly the sime procedure is aarried out with the blue handker- :hief in the other pocket. in this case the concealed red handker- cniqi being left in the bottom of the pocket. and the blue safely and snugy

A member of the audience can now be invited to touch each lo wand and

chief more vent him ngiett

demonstrate. 1t is the same even when a silk handkerchief is thrown - ‘Ilhe magnetism seems

to function Just u well either why. ‘llhe pins and the little piece of cardboard of course are the secret. This homemade clip is pressed info the crown of the hut as you return with it from the audience, and by lacing the two middle ibi- fi of e hand between the por-

8 e Din emerging above the cardboard sufficient leverage can be obtained to move the hat about.

It i8 Well w use the silk hmd- kerchief cover to end this trick. for under cover of the handkerchief u"! 011D ee-n easily be retrieved from the hat crown and disposed of without arouainl any suspicion.

lllllfc Pipe.

Quite an effective iece at .- Juflne is that whichpis descfloggd u the lc Pipes.

mom the table it which you are

- workinl you pick up a couple of

granary ally pipes which you

1v wand amount your audience 0° M f0 mike it clear they are what they seem and nothing more

of the other

119s to the elem of one.

ly the audience is amazed to see a cloud of obvious tobacco moles coming from the pipe bowls-a cloud that continues as you puff happily away,

‘Ihe secret of this trick ls that the pipe bowls have been careful. l prepared beforehand. A few

D8 0! spirits of salt have been placed in one bowl. and the others similarly treated, with unmonia,

When you blow through one of the stems the union of these two chemicals produces a thick vapour which has every ..appearance of having been produced from muse- 00. and which will be quite new“, dering to those watching you.

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Hm is inter t t

With an Ilhlrile. on§'..'3fll“$"wl.'i‘$ is that it requires the purohgpg o1 M lmtlratua ll’. all, needing only

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covering the tray. the coin will 19-:

reparation -

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nae-niche Guiana please the lady with one of illum-

A-Te make any bath payer . . . c beautiful boll of Juno Geranium Seep and u tall box cf Ardenu snowy soft Dvillng Powder, fled lortlvoly together, $1.25 l-A round plnlr bull of Juno Geranium Soup combined with the handy lath Mlt and c fragrant bottle of either Hund-olfonll’; Hover Mlit or lctli Oil, $3.00 C-Frogrunl, refreshing and relaxing, the both that Include: time llundiemlly packed ndlvnch .1 . Dueling Powder, Jvne Geranium _S¢Ip and lath Mn, $3.00 D—-A dwbby calm ef fragrant Jvno Geranium Soup and u

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bottle el Heml-o-Toeillr, $2.00 0th" p!" IIII $2.00 i0 $5.09-

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‘men thefruitiscutintwowith an ordinary knife. Both portions of now displayed. and it seems p e up bo articles-the needle that the thread must have been cut in two as well. But suddenly you place the two halves of the apple together again. take up the two ends of the thread and begin ‘m. in: it backwards and forwards lust as before. This trick is ed f0 passing the neede of the up e and at. the an o site e , this abate it laid on the table. When about to start the trick and the flPDle and hold them so that they will appen- to be sep- aru/re. Then announce that you are t.‘.’;"‘-*.f,.‘i."'f.'...“” ab?“ a . appami so, but really you insert

ctin the frui The

t. (Hg f) apple right ang es

is then out in at to the unseat” eh. of course. in this case will remain quite uniniured. The partscan be handed round for inspection (Fig. 5) though care must be taken to keep them together at the bottom. Then they can be replaced and the

to be intact. At the

th be withdrawn altogether from the fruit. and given round for full ex- ination. That will prevent. an erpecially inquisitive munbel o! your audience finding out- the

lhiiple Ill Effective

A very pun moment or ‘two any satisfies" be“ an er e -- ore the very “gill of ylaleu‘ audience. ‘Ibis, can v eeaiiy mastered after. a little f.” “ . All required for it is a small

hang too low. hindkerehief you borrow. and when you have done tbll ve it a flourish or two over your ie so u to give y a ehenee of secretly taking up the ball uiidl its cover and working thumb of the left hand thNlIh e loop. Then you a the handkerchief. at rea y d0. however, is to work it ugh the op the ball. which is then swiftly ptihed over to the hick (if the left hind under cover

of the hands are now and.

of yeti: audience. ‘ A g trick to wind up with il that of making ‘a coin disappear from a handkerchief and reappear in the centre of a lemon. Here is

done. start wifli you must IRWIN pressing on one s u:

Y coin. of course,

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Wlidg-inlllng of Ohristmaifone

He thought so much and so "eel down, f 8e OOIIIpIOWIY 10M, his w“; f

' He found he couldn’; remembi- i

0! the thouehlt that had 3m. a : l Wis it aims, or hi5}... or Reindeer | ‘J 9P iallibly that it show

Be triedwand tried u hard u he Tc et béélelb the beginning; 4nd Whgijahgumu trying, he opened am IomphdwJstairtQd meme. m: mien lip-listened‘ is vim ht 5538i "- iurpggntsidk-tlie ourl from h! F01’ be fcllfild hefllkcomo bank g1 where he began, And almost fell‘ out o: 1m chair. And here is the thoufing meg w“ in the song, Ihatmtgok the curl from hi Are you su' _ be was lo lfll lie pearl! fell out of his chair! "Ila, lug" he sang: "W1 Otis-mail

am dolln have Christmas, w... Bo we'll hang up our stockings till:

very night ‘niece what Biinte. will do."

means of the wax, then ley down on thetable, with

hetdil D the.

It over the coin are drawn quid y into either hand.’ when the 00in b0 detached immediatelby