*** Source: Trinity Church, San Jose, California: Advent, 1860, to Easter, 1903. San Jose, Calif.: Trinity Parish Guild, 1903. Notice: This data is donated to the Public Domain by TAG, 2004, and may be copied freely by anyone to anywhere. *** ---page 16--- At this time the rector introduced the weekly celebra- tion of the Holy Communion. Formerly there had been but one celebration a month. The new church building need not be described, for it is the old church building of to-day. The ivy roots again sent forth a wealth of green to lodge in new cor- ners and to spread over new surfaces in the same lavish mode of the first growth. The few new windows that were put in, the rose window in the nave and some of those in the north transept, were made in San Francisco. Most of the trees and shrubs, brought years before by older parishioners to adorn the church grounds, had been carefully preserved during this time of renovation. Each tree and shrub growing round the church to-day has a history of its own; and there are one or two whose stories are still known. The white rose that climbs over the door and roof of the robing room was originally planted at one corner of the little old church building by Mrs. Hardy-Gregory near a memorial win- dow. One of the two palms that stand each side of the Second Street entrance was given by Mrs. S. O. Hough- ton, and the other by John Rock. Both were planted by Rev. George W. Foote. Of other trees and shrubs, since those who planted them have gone away or been forgotten, it can only generally be said that they are expressions of some indi- vidual thought or feeling on the part of those who planted them. With the enlargement of the church, four hundred sittings had been added, making the entire seating capa- city of the church about six hundred. The vestry resolved that the rector be authorized to assign seats to church members in the order of their connection with the parish, as shown by the names in the parish register, with the understanding that the church was to be a free *** end ***