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fire wardens whose business it is to prevent and to fight fires, and 

 by punishing everyone who violates the law. 



References i, 3, 5, 6, 15. 



-. I. Who is fire warden in your neighborhood ? 



2. What is the law about burning brush? 

 3. Who can be paid for putting out a forest fire ? 



SHADE TREES ARBORICULTURE. 



In every settled community shade trees should be planted and 

 cared for. School grounds above all need trees as shade givers, 

 as material for study, as objects of beauty and as refining influences. 



Too often is the interest in trees, in Arbor Day observance, limited 

 to planting a tree, or several trees and then forgetting all about it. 

 Far more important is it to preserve and develop a tree that is in 

 place than to plant a new one. Let the trees in front of the school 

 house, in the school house yard, about the home* and in the next 

 block be looked after, guarded from injury, freed from injurious 

 insects, kept watered and fed. Then, at proper times and in proper 

 places let other trees be planted and likewise cared for. Where 

 there is room about the school house let a planting plan be prepared 

 for the gradual introduction of representatives of the most im- 

 portant tree species and a variety of shrubs. Thought should be 

 given also to the birds, and houses be provided for them. 



It is time, too, to consider our country roadsides. A bare sunny 

 road is hot in summer, cold in winter and not pleasant at any time. 

 A shaded road is more agreeable and adds value to adjacent proper- 

 ties. Unfortunately, no one is charged with the care of the trees 

 in such places. Here is a good opportunity to do some work. 



References 5, 9, n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 

 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. 



REFERENCES. 



The following publications are especially recommended for study 

 in connection with this outline. Numerous others will be found in 

 most public libraries. 



