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to Michael Angelo Sanzio Raphael when one is in trouble. 

 He is such a grand tree. He has an understanding souL" 



By these silhouettes we expect to introduce you to 

 acquaintances with whom you may become intimate in 

 their homes out-of-doors. "Mr. Scholar, Miss Pupil, 

 please know Miss Tulip and Mr. Oak." 



Really to know these folks you must have: A pair 

 of eyes that see, a pair of hands that serve, and "an 

 understanding soul." 



Try your eyes first. Look at the silhouettes and 

 read their names in the pamphlet you hold. Then your 

 teacher will hold up her pamphlet, covering the name 

 on each page, and you will try to name each silhouette 

 as she shows it. 



An "understanding soul" is often the gift of God, 

 like a genius for music, or a love of your fellow-men. 

 But it may be cultivated by keeping company with those 

 who have it, either in flesh or through their works. 



And now for the hands that serve: 



A little boy was asked, "What is the chief end of 

 man?" He replied, "Well, the feet are important, but 

 the head is the importantest." Now with a tree it is just 

 the other way — the "importantest" end is the feet. So 

 the most important thing that you can do for a tree is 

 to turn chiropodist. 



The tree's roots need air and water. The tree can- 

 not get these unless the ground surface at the base is 

 left unpaved and is kept loosened. This loosening of 

 the soil does a threefold service to the tree. First, it 

 enables the air to get to the roots. Second, it lets the 

 rains soak in. Third, it makes the soil food wholesome 

 for the tree's roots to absorb. 



Keep the ground loosened. You cannot do more 

 good for your tree in any other way. 



Carl Bannwart, 



Superintendent Shad* Tree Division. 



The artists who have prepared these silhouettes are Grace Norton Rose, 

 George A. King, Walter R. MacPherson and Henry Turner Bailey. The 

 Beech, Hemlock, Pin Oak and Lombard? Poplar were drawn by Mrs. Rasa', 

 the Tulip and Willow by Mr. King and the Norway Maple by Mr. 

 MacPherson. All these were done expressly for the children ef Newark, 

 New Jersey, wider the direction of the Shade Tree Division. The other 

 drawings are from Henry Tomer Bailey's "Trees in Silhouette,** used with 

 his generous permission. 



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