The Rescue of an Old Place 



could be planted, that the class might be 

 sure of a memorial, while yearly a com- 

 mittee should be appointed to attend to 

 the plant, and a small subscription be 

 levied on each member of the class for 

 proper fertilizers and cultivation. 

 Boys should If the personal attention of the boys 

 could be given to the subject, if they 

 wou ld themselves dig about and enrich 

 and prune what they had planted, and 

 would take pride in it, the effect would 

 be good in awakening in their minds an 

 interest in the growth of plants and trees ; 

 and some slight knowledge might be ac- 

 quired of climatic and soil conditions, 

 while a hint might be given to them of 

 one of the best and purest pleasures 

 which is within the grasp of man. 



In this way could be instilled into the 

 rising generation an interest in forestry, 

 that might in time bear fruit in greater 

 care for this property of the nation. 

 Among the books of reference in schools 

 some should be supplied which treat of 

 the proper management of growing things, 

 so that the youths and maidens could 

 study the subject for themselves. If, at 

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