Excerpt from Roses and Holly: A Gift-Book for All the Year The illustrations which adorn roses and holly have been specially drawn and engraved for the volume; and among them will be found original examples of several of the most distin guished Scottish artists. The entire artistic and mechanical work has been executed in the Northern Capital; and the publisher puts it forth with some degree of confidence, as a favourable example of art and typography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.