Arbor Day Leaves

Arbor Day Leaves

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Title: Arbor Day Leaves A Complete Programme For Arbor Day Observance, Including Readings, Recitations, Music, and General Information
Author: N.H. Egleston
Release Date: January 31, 2006 [EBook #17645]
Language: English
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Arbor Day Leaves
BY
N.H. EGLESTON
OF THE FORESTRY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON; AUTHOR OF "HAND-BOOK OF TREE-PLANTING," ETC., ETC.
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Arbor Day Leaves
A COMPLETE PROGRAMME FOR ARBOR DAY OBSERVANCE, INCLUDING READINGS, RECITATIONS, MUSIC, AND GENERAL INFORMATION
N.H. EGLESTON
OF THE FORESTRY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON. AUTHOR OF "HAND-BOOK OF TREE-PLANTING," ETC.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE Introduction 2 Origin of Arbor Day 2 Readings for Arbor Day 3 About Trees--(J. Sterling Morton) 3 Leaves, and What They Do 5 Bryant, the Poet of Trees 8 Forest Hymn--(Bryant) 8 James Russell Lowell 9 The Oak--(James Russell Lowell) 9 What One Tree is Worth 11 Enduring Character of the Forests--(Susan Fenimore Cooper) 11 The Popular Poplar Tree--(Blanch Willis Howard) 12 Forestry and the Need of It--(Hon. Adolph Len��) 12 Tree Weather Proverbs 13 Flowers 13 Arbor Day Celebrations 14 Growing Observance of Arbor Day 14 States and Territories Observing Arbor Day 15 Encouraging Words 15 The Best Use of Arbor Day 16 Trees in Their Leafless State 18 Programme for Arbor Day 19 I. Exercises in the School Room 19 II. The March 24 III. Exercises at the Tree Planting 25

INTRODUCTION.
In preparing the second number of our manual for Arbor Day, we have endeavored to keep in mind the fact that Arbor Day was originally designed not as a mere festival or holiday, a pleasant occasion for children or adults, but to encourage the planting of trees for a serious purpose--the lasting benefit of the country in all its interests. As the poet Whittier has so well said, "The wealth, beauty, fertility, and healthfulness of the country largely depend upon the conservation of our forests and the planting of trees." Arbor Day is not a floral festival, except as the trees may offer their bright blossoms for the occasion. In making our selections from authors, therefore, we have restricted ourselves to what they have said about trees, and have endeavored also to choose only such selections as are of high literary character, and so, not only admissible for occasional use but worthy to be learned and carried in memory for life; trees of thought which may be planted in the young minds in connection with Arbor Day, to grow with their growth and be perpetual sources of enjoyment.
ORIGIN OF ARBOR DAY.
To J. Sterling Morton, ex-Governor of Nebraska, and Secretary of Agriculture under President Cleveland, belongs the honor of originating this tree-planting festival, and he is popularly known throughout our whole country as the "father of Arbor Day." So well has the day been observed in Nebraska since 1872 that there are now over 700,000 acres of trees in that state planted by human hands.
The successful establishment of the day in Nebraska commended it at once to the people of other states, and it was soon adopted by Kansas, Iowa, and Minnesota, and was not long in making its way into Michigan and Ohio.
In the latter state it took on a new character, which has caused it to spread rapidly throughout the country. The teachers and pupils of