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bottom of the hole. Cover the roots with some good, rich, finely pulver- 

 ised soil, tramping it down hard two or three times while the hole is 

 being filled and shaking a little in order to be sure that all roots are 

 surrounded by fine particles of soil. Fill to the top of the hole, tramp 

 firmly and cover with two inches of fine soil to form a mulch. Do not 

 put manure into the bottom of the hole. 



8. Water only when necessary, then thoroughly. Merely to sprinkle 

 is of little use. 



9. Arbor Day may be used for planting shrubs as well as trees on the 

 school ground. Shrubbery will bring quick returns in making the school- 

 grounds look better. You can get much shrubbery without money. 

 The sumach, elder, dogwood, reed, syringa, lilac, snow ball, and flow^ering 

 currant can be obtained from the fields or a neighboring garden. Almost 

 anything that grows outdoors as if it enjoyed it will look good in the 

 school yard if planted in the right place. Virginia Creeper is a hardy, 

 effective vine. 



10. For help in tree planting, improvement of the school grounds, 

 and school garden work write to the Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, for Farmers' Bulletins No. 218, " School Gardens," No. 134 

 " Tree Planting on Rural School Grounds," and No. 255 " The Home 

 Vegetable Garden," and write to the College of Agriculture, Ithaca 

 N. Y., for Bulletin 121 "Suggestions for the Planting of Shrubbery." 



QUOTATIONS 



'* But the maple dons a blush 

 Rosier than the rosiest flush 

 Which in summer glows and thrills 

 All along the sunrise hills, — 

 Breaking into sudden bloom, 

 As from out his sombre tomb 

 Bursts the new bom butterfly- 

 Gorgeous with his brilliant dye." 



— Elizabeth Akers 



From burst of leaf till fall of leaf I braid 

 For browsing herds deep amplitudes of shade. 

 From lowest springing branch to rounded crest 

 I am the house the robin loves the best." 



— From The Maple by Clinton Scollard 



