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By Bob Bolt Much of the pleasure of the Christmas season is derived from the "gathering of the green”, cutting the tree, and filling the house with the traditional Christmas colors and decorations. Mistletoe, holly, pine, bal sam and spruce are the most common materials used, but there are large numbers of other ma terials that can be used to great advantage. Berries of all sorts abound in this area and many of these can be used to supplement, but not replace, the traditional holly. In addition to the well-known American holly, there are several other native hollies that can be used with evergreens. The most common of these is the Winter berry (Ilex verticillata) or black- alder as it is sometimes called. This holly loses its leaves and the remaining berries resemble crim son beads. The winged Euonymous makes an interesting decora'rive material, with its red fruit and cork "wings”. The Strawberry bush, another Euony mous, is sometimes used but generally the pods and seeds have dropped before the Christmas season arrives. Both the American and Oriental Bittersweet are popular materials for decorations, having large clusters of orange-red berries grow ing on vines giving it usefulness as a hanging material. For something different, the Snowberry can be used. The white fruit make quite a show. And, going well with this is the Virginia junipver, or common Redadar with its silver-blue berries and 14
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