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authorizing the governor to designate from year to year 

 the particular day to be observed as such. In several of 

 the states the law also makes Arbor Day a legal holiday. 

 In a few states the day has not yet received a legal 

 sanction, but is observed under the direction of the State 

 Agricultural or Horticultural Societies or school super- 

 intendents. In West Virginia and Alabama, though not 

 established by law, the day is quite generally observed 

 by public schools, under the direction of the state 

 superintendents. 



It is legally established in the following: California, 

 Colorado, Connecticut, Dakota, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, 

 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mas- 

 sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, 

 Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

 Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, 

 Wisconsin. 



A NATIONAL ARBOR DAY. 



BY B. E. FEKNOW, CHIEF OF FORESTRY DIVISION, U. S. DEPART- 

 MENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON. 



In reply to your request for my views on Arbor Day, 

 I gladly take occasion to express my growing conviction 

 that the idea of Arbor Day, which, so far as I know was 

 an original American one, is fraught with promises of great 

 results for the future forestry interests of the nation, 



