50 ARBOR DAY. 



of winter. As to varieties, the list recommended by the 

 officers of the Illinois State Horticultural Society [given 

 elsewhere] is a good one, but I would add for lawns and 

 parks, the white or canoe birch and the American and 

 European larch. For windbreaks plant Norway spruce in 

 single rows six to ten feet apart, or for grove and wind- 

 break together nothing is better than white pine. Do not 

 make the mistake of undertaking more than can be done 

 well. Make plans and preparations beforehand, and all 

 the increased care, expense, and labor taken in planting 

 and cultivation will be richly repaid in comfort and sat- 

 isfaction during all of the after years. 



ARBOR DAY IN IOWA. 

 BY PEOF. J. L. BUDD, AGEICULTUEAL COLLEGE, AMES, IOWA. 



While Nebraska is justly entitled to the credit of origi- 

 nating Arbor Day, with its associated lessons and pleasant 

 observances, Iowa soon followed, and added, as early as 

 1874, a list of premiums aggregating $200, to be awarded 

 as follows: For the largest number of trees set in per- 

 manent plantation, for the greatest number of larch or 

 evergreen trees, for the greatest number of ash, for the 

 greatest number of oaks, for the greatest number of any 

 valuable tree planted by one person, for the greatest num- 

 ber planted by a boy or girl under sixteen years old, etc. 



