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the trees in generous rivalry. Gentle rains shall fall in 

 reward from heaven, before as brass. The brute shall 

 articulate gratitude to his master for shelter and shade, 

 and our children, for the trees we left in arbor, orchard, 

 and field, will find incentives to cherish the paternal leg- 

 acy, speaking as by the aeolian harp long after they who 

 planted sleep in sepulture. 



My haste only permits a wish that you make my re- 

 gards to Mr. Morton, and that the companions of the 

 "Beecher Elm" and "Lincoln Maple" may multiply a 

 thousand-fold, waving fraternal salutations of our Iowa 

 and Nebraska states, in full accord for homes of beauty, 

 temperance, and virtue, and a country heaven shall look 



down to see. 



J. B. GRINXELL. 



FROM HON. H. G. JOLY, OF QUEBEC. 



QUEBEC, April 2, 1&88. 



DEAR SIR I thank you for the opportunity you afford 

 me of showing my respect for the Hon. J. Sterling Mor- 

 ton, the originator of Arbor Day. 



Many people, often among the most intelligent, when 

 they first hear of Arbor Day look upon it as a kind of 

 sentimental feast quite out of date in our matter-of-fact 

 generation, but upon a closer inspection they soon discover 

 its practical value. 



