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ARBORICULTURE 



What Shall We Do With The Trees? 



ADDRESS OF JOHN P. BROWN, ARBOR DyVY, APRIL 27, I906. 



AN EXTREMELY ABLE AND INSTRUCTIVE DISCOURSE — ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE 



MEMORY OF J. STERLING MORTON. 



{From the Co7incrsvilh\ (Ind.,) Iivciiiiii;- Xcu<s.'\ 



John P. ]5ru\vn"s lecture this morning 

 before the High School students covered 

 many valuable points, among which were 

 the care and culture of trees, the im- 

 portance of trees in contributing to the 

 needs and wealth of a nation, and the 

 great work that has been done by the 

 different organizations for the planting 

 and preservation of forests. From such 

 an address much good will result in di- 

 recting the minds of young people to- 

 ward the vital necessity of preserving, 

 the forests and the birds. 



After the lecture Miss Hazel Sisco 

 sang a beautiful solo, accompanied by 

 Miss Grace McKee on the violin, and 

 Aliss Helen Stoops on the piano. 



Mr. Brown spoke as follows: 



"J. Sterling Morton, the author and 

 promoter of Arbor Day exercises by the 

 public schools of America, founded a 

 most beautiful custom which has come 

 into almost universal practice through- 

 out the United States. 



"It was my privilege to be associated 

 with Mr. Morton in the organization of 

 the International Society of Arboricul- 

 ture, of which he was the first President, 

 and for which organization Mr. Morton 

 suggested the name Arboriculture. 



"I was also his guest at Arbor Lodge 

 for many days upon various occasions. 

 One could not be intimately acquainted 

 with this statesman without very soon 

 learning the trend of his thoughts, and 



that he preached and practiced the plant- 

 ing of trees. His motto, 'Plant trees,' 

 was on his correspondence papers, headed 

 his newspaper, the Conservative, and 

 was stained in the glass of his Nebraska 

 mansion. 



"Mr. Morton took up a claim in tree- 

 less Nebraska half a century ago, but 

 when he died that home farm was a 

 veritable paradise of forests, fruit and 

 ornamental trees. Ten thousand white 

 pine trees, planted by his hand, protected 

 his dwelling from the north-wind blasts 

 and made the home of thousands of 

 birds, 



"The luemory of J. Sterling Morton 

 will grow brighter and brighter as time 

 goes on, and when the American people 

 learn to appreciate the worth of the f-ir- 

 csts which they have so ruthlessh- de- 

 stro\ed, and shall be incited to plant for- 

 ests through the influence of the Ari)or 

 Day exercises. 



"Young ladies and gentlemen, 1 \\:)uld 

 impress upon your minds a few thougl'ts 

 regarding the vast importance of t rests 

 and trees to a nation. The L'nited State- 

 is re])eating history in her de-tru-tion of 

 the forests. 



"Germany learned three hu'i Ire 1 

 years ago that the forests were 1 eing 

 devastated by individual owners to the 

 serious injury of the German people, and 

 wise provision was made for the reten- 

 tion of a large area in forests forever. 



