Moss-covered accessories certainly do grow on you

It was inevitable. The Rolling Stones generation is growing oldand beginning to gather moss. Literally.

Moss-covered lampshades, boxes, picture frames, topiary trees,bookends and fire screens are the latest thing at Branca Inc., adecorative accessories shop at 65 W. Illinois.

"People really love them," says owner Alessandra Branca. "Theylove the whimsy of them, which is what really pleases me."

It also must please her that customers are willing to payanywhere from $25 for a small, rosebud-covered box to $450 for alarge, moss-covered topiary tree.

The moss-covered accessories can be …