ARBOR DAY. 55 



These rural gatherings will not be, or should not like 

 many are, for a stated purpose grim and ceremonious ; 

 but young and old and middle-aged will gather; our 

 mothers, wives, and daughters will help us plan, yes, and 

 help us plant, too ; and what our children help plant they 

 will thus learn to love ; and it will be another tie to bind 

 them to their youthful homes. 



DECIDUOUS TREES TO PLANT. Two of our best na- 

 tive trees are the white elm and rock or sugar maple. 

 Both are found growing in most parts of every one 

 of our northern states, and for stately roadside trees 

 combine more desirable features than any others. The 

 hackberry is a most desirable and beautiful tree, is easily 

 transplanted, and should be better known. The linden or 

 basswood is a native which should be more planted. 

 Some of our most beautiful and graceful trees are ignored 

 by many planters because they are native "too common." 

 The walnuts, and in fact all nut-bearing trees, are hard to 

 transplant, but it may be done with care, especially if the 

 tap-root is cut off the spring previous to removal. This 

 can be done by digging carefully under one side of the tree 

 until the tap or center root is found. Kentucky coffee 

 nut is, when in full foliage, a grand tree; it has very 

 long, double pinnate leaves, two or three feet in length ; 

 it is found growing wild in most parts of the West and 

 is quite easily transplanted. The plane, or sycamore, is 



