248 TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 



ARBOR DAY IS OBSERVED ON FOLLOWING DATES. 



Alabama February 22. 



Arizona In five northern counties, Friday following first day of April. 



Elsewhere, Friday following first day of February. 



Arkansas First Saturday in March. 



California March 7. 



Colorado Third Friday in April. 



Connecticut In early May, by proclamation of the governor. 



Delaware In April, by proclamation of the governor. 



Florida First Friday in February. 



Georgia First Friday in December. 



Hawaii First Friday in November. 



Idaho Various dates in April selected by county superintendents. 



Illinois Proclamation of the governor. 



Indiana Third Friday in April. 



Iowa Proclamation by the governor. 



Kansas Option of the governor. 



Kentucky In the fall by proclamation of the governor. 



Louisiana Second Friday in January, by resolution of State board of 



education. 



Maine Option of the governor. 



Maryland Second Friday in April. Proclamation of the governor. 



Massachusetts Last Saturday in April. 



Michigan Proclamation of the governor. Usually last Friday in April. 



Minnesota Proclamation of the governor. Usually latter part of April. 



Missouri First Friday after first Tuesday in April. 



Montana Second Tuesday in May. 



Nebraska April 22 (birthday of J. Sterling Morton). 



Nevada Proclamation of the governor. 



New Hampshire Proclamation of the governor. 



New Jersey Second Friday in April. 



New Mexico Second Friday in March. Proclamation of the governor. 



New York Friday following ist of May. 



North Carolina Friday after November i. 



North Dakota Option of the governor. 



Ohio Proclamation of the governor. About the middle of April. 



Oklahoma Friday following the second Monday in March. 



Oregon Second Friday in April. 



Pennsylvania Proclamation of the governor. 



Porto Rico Last Friday in November. 



Rhode Island Second Friday in May. 



South Carolina Third Friday in November. 



South Dakota No law, but generally observed in April throughout the State. 



Tennessee Appointed by county superintendents, in November. 



Texas February 22. 



Utah April 15, by statute. 



Vermont Option of the governor. Usually first Friday in May. 



Virginia Proclamation of the governor. In the spring. 



West Virginia Usually observed on the second Friday in April. 



Wisconsin Proclamation of the governor. Usually the first Friday in May. 



Washington Proclamation of the governor. Usually the first Friday in May. 



Wyoming Proclamation of the governor. Usually the first Friday in May. 



The " Father of Arbor Day" was J. Sterling Morton, who, at a meeting of the 

 State Board of Agriculture in Lincoln, Neb., on Jan. 4, 1872, introduced a resolution 

 setting aside April 10 for tree planting. Kansas and Tennessee took up the lead in 

 1875 and in 1882 North Dakota and Ohio followed. Other states then adopted the 

 idea. In 1885 the Nebraska legislature passed an act changing the date to April 22, 

 Mr. Morton's birthday, and making it a legal holiday in the State. 



