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designated in each of the years 1887 and 1888. In a letter dated December 5, 

 1889, Superintendent Dovey says: "Owing to the great scarcity of water, 

 and the unusual drought, which has prevailed during the last two years, the 

 observance of the day has been little more than a formality, but some good has 

 resulted, and better things are hoped for." 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. No response from State Superintendent; no data 

 from annual reports. 



NEW JERSEY. Arbor Day was established in 1884, and the day is fixed 

 by the Governor, usually about the middle of April. The State Superin- 

 tendent is directed to issue the necessary circulars of information. Programs 

 are prepared by county and city superintendents. The latest report shows 

 great interest in the day, in the schools, throughout the State. The report of 

 County Superintendent John Terhune of Bergen county is especially full and 

 interesting. 



NEW YORK. By chapter 196 of the Laws of 1888, the Friday following 

 the first day of May was designated as Arbor Day in this State. The law was 

 passed too late to provide for an observance under its provisions in 1888, but 

 on May 3, 1889, there was a very general observance, The law provides that 

 the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe and publish a course 

 of exercises to be observed in all the schools. The program of 1889 contained 

 many original poems and songs. (See New York Program, under "Specimen 

 Programs.") Fifty thousand programs and fifty thousand song supplements 

 were printed and circulated through commissioners and superintendents. 

 Outside the cities 5,681 school districts reported as having observed the day, 

 cind 24,166 trees were planted, besides vines, shrubs and flowers. Everybody 

 participating in the exercises was invited to vote for a " State Tree" The 

 returns received showed that the "Sugar Maple" received forty-three per cent 

 of all votes cast the oak being second, and the elm third. The birch, for 

 some reason, was not a favorite. The program for 1890 will include a request 

 for a similar vote for a " State Flower." 



NORTH CAROLINA. (Not observed.) 



OHIO. No response from State Commissioner. No data from annual 

 reports. The day seems, however, to have been established by law, as shown 

 by the Governor's proclamation in 1889, designating April 26 as Arbor Day. 

 The State Commissioner also issued a circular in 1889 urging a general observ- 

 ance of the day, heretofore confined largely to the cities and towns. The 

 reports of the Superintendent of the Cincinnati schools shows an active inter- 

 est in Arbor Day in that city. The day was first observed in 1882 under the 

 direction of Superintendent John B. Peaslee, who aroused much enthusiasm, 

 and who contributed through the United States Commissioner of Education 

 the first published pamphlet of Arbor Day literature. The Cincinnati reports 

 contain much interesting matter relating to the subject. 



OREGON. Arbor Day established by law February 25, 1889. Section 69 

 of title 7 of the School Laws of Oregon is as follows : "The second Friday in 



