ARBOR DAY. 153 



" Thrice twenty summers have I stood 

 Since youthful lovers in my shade 

 Their vows of truth and rapture paid, 

 And, on my trunk's surviving frame, 

 Carved many a long forgotten name." 



And here is another beautiful thing from Whittier: 

 " I have always admired the taste of the Indians around 

 Sebago lake, who, when their chief died, dug round the 

 beech tree, swaying it down, and placed his body in the 

 rent, and then let the noble tree fall back into its original 

 place, a green and beautiful monument for a son of the 

 forest." I am one of the commonest and well known 

 trees of Michigan. 



Burr Oak : Out of about 300 Oaks, ten of us live in 

 this state. Brother White Oak is by far the most com- 

 mon and well known. He is the senior member of our 

 family and has attained a very great age. He never 

 thrives in perfection except in a good soil and a temperate 

 climate. The Michigan people are proud that so many of 

 our family live with them. 



Tulip Tree: White Oak is certainly loyal to his 

 family, but I should like to hear of his uses. 



Burr Oak : Every particle of him is useful, even to his 

 ashes. His bark is used for tanning leather; his wood is 

 hard, compact, heavy, tough, and durable ; good for heavy 

 wagons, plows, railroad ties, fence posts, ship timber, 

 furniture, and finishing the interior of houses. 

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