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
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Author: N.H. Egleston
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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 Lené) 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