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have been planted if an Arbor Day had never been desig- 

 nated. Mr. Morton's thought has brought forth good 

 fruit, and has been of vast pecuniary value to Kansas and 

 Nebraska, and to all the states of the West. 



Yours very respectfully, 



JNO. A. MARTIN. 



FROM GOVERNOR LARRABEE, OF IOWA. 



Plant trees and care for them. Like friends they will 

 always be to ; you objects of interest and attachment. 

 They will repay you for many years to come in fruit, 

 nuts, and flowers ; and will afford protection for man, 

 beast, and bird against the piercing rays of old Sol in 

 summer and the fierce blasts of old Boreas in winter. 

 Plant trees. 



FROM GOVERNOR ADAMS, OF COLORADO. 



DENVER, April 16, 1888. 



DEAR SIR While to-day we all do honor to those who 

 " invented " Arbor Day, it is a sentiment of gratitude that 

 will grow fuller and stronger as the years pass and the 

 good results of Arbor Day work are seen in reclaimed des- 

 erts, in fruitful orchards, in refreshing springs; wherever 

 barrenness has given way to verdure, wherever the desola- 

 tion of the prairie has been conquered by the planting of 



