ARBOR DAY. <J7 



desirable for variety. Hickory, walnut, oaks, and chest- 

 nut are more difficult to transplant of desirable sizes. 

 Among evergreens individual taste can safely be grati- 

 fied, and one can accept any offered, excepting junipers 

 and the Chinese section of the arbor vitee. 



I have transplanted trees eight to ten feet high, by 

 carefully digging long roots and using the utmost caution 

 to prevent exposure to drying wind or even light. Good 

 roots are very important, and for that reason nursery- 

 grown trees are preferable, and generally as cheap as 

 if hunted, dug, and transported from the forest. A 

 very important requisite in planting is to pound in the 

 soil quite solid, after covering the roots well ; then fill up 

 the hollow with loose soil. As to reasons for planting I 

 will only say that if children are allowed or induced to 

 take part in planting, and certain trees assigned to each, 

 their memories will, in after life, revert to them as one 

 of the dearest spots on earth. 



IN MISSOURI SCHOOL GROUNDS. 



BY W. E. COLMAN, STATE SCPT. OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JKFFKBSON 

 CITY, Mo. 



In appointing April 6th as Arbor Day in his state Mr. 

 Colman says : " If this subject is properly represented to 

 the residents of the district by those interested in the edu- 



