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Oovernor Endicott, of Massachusetts, and Governor Stuyvesant, of 

 ^ew York, more than 200 years ago. 



I have thus given the list of historic trees, because we love to rev- 

 erence these old land-marks in our history. Our State now observes 

 this day, and the State Superintendent issues a circular calling the 

 attention of the schools to the matter making the day a half holiday 

 for our schools. The Missouri State Horticultural Society has also 

 been accustomed to calling- upon all its members and local societies to 

 keep this day in planting trees. 



Next to our orchard-planting, the ornamenting of our grounds is 

 the most important matter to engage the attention of our societies. 



"He who plants a tree, 



Plants a hope, 

 Canst thoa prophesy, thou little tree, 

 What the glories of thy boughs shall be v" Lucy Laecoji. 



As the leaves of the ^tree are said to absorb all noxious qualities of the air, 

 and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, so it seems to me as if they draw from 

 us all sordid and angry passions and breathe forth peace and philanthropy. — Wash- 

 ington Irving. 



The trees may outlive the memory of more than one of those in whose honor 

 they were planted. I have written many verses, but the best poems I have pro- 

 duced are the trees I planted on the hillside. Nature finds rhymes for them in the 

 recurring measures of the sessons. — O, W. Holmes. 



Kind hearts are the gardens, 



Kind thoughts are the roots, 

 Kind words are the blossoms, 



Kind deeds are the fruits. 

 He who plants a tree 



Plants a love, 

 Heaven and earth help him who plants a tree, 

 And his work its own reward will be. Luct Labcom. 



It is better to know the habits of one plant than the names of a thousand, 

 and wiser to be happily familiar with those that grow in the nearest field, than 

 arduously cognizant of all that plume the isles of the Pacific, or illumine the 

 Mountains of the Moon.— Ruskin. 



Day after day, year after year. 



Little by little the leaves appear, 



And the slender branches spread far and wide , 



Till the mighty oak is the forest's pride. 



Arbor day planting should embrace trees for specific objects, 

 causing them to be remembered in after years by those who plant 

 them. One for some prominent man in the community, or the teacher 

 or the school board, or the Governor or the President, or some great 

 writer. 



The best varieties for planting are : 



Evergreens.— Red Cedar, Arbor Vit£e, Norway Spruce, White- Pine, Scotch 

 Pine, White Spruce. 



Forest and Ornamental Trees, — Elm, Hard Maple, Tulip, Linden, White Ash, 

 Birch, Norway Maple, Soft Maple, Box Elder. 



