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Specimen Programs. Port Henry, N. Y. Continued. 



7. Celebrated Trees. By Second Grammar Department. 



8. Vocal Trio. Pupils of High School. 



9. Breezes of the Forest. Second Intermediate Department. 



1. I am the Sugar Maple and a favorite ornamental tree. People love me because I am 

 possessed of sweetness. I claim to have made more boys and girls happy than any other 

 tree. I have many changes in dress wearing in spring the softest shade of every color; 

 in the summer the purest emerald, and in the autumn the most brilliant yellow. My 

 wood is used for furniture, floors, and for furnishing the interior of houses, and after the 

 houses are finished, few can warm them better than I. 



2. I am often called Soft Maple, although my real name is Red Maple. I beautify the 

 country in spring with early red blossoms, and in autumn my leaves are streaked with 

 scarlet. 



3. They call me Bass Wood. I am a fine shade tree, my home a moist, rich soil. My 

 fragrant flowers furnish a great amount of excellent honey for the bees at a time when 

 most other flowers have disappeared. My timber is soft, light and tough, and not apt 

 to split ; good for cabinet work, boxes, broom handles, etc. 



4. I am known as the Black Walnut. I am not ornamental, nor am I a good neighbor, 

 for I sometimes poison other trees that live near me. In spite of my bad qualities, I am 

 liked because I can be converted into cash at any moment. Some of my brothers have 

 sold as high as $'2,000. Those who care for us care for a fortune. 



5. Recognize in me the Hickory. If you want a wood that is good for buggies, ax 

 handles, barrel hoops, a wood like iron, call upon me. You will have all the nuts you 

 want thrown into the bargain. Once upon a time there was a president of the country 

 who had so many of my qualities that they called him Old Hickory. 



6. I am styled the White Ash. I am a tall tree, and have often been complimented for 

 my usefulness. I have been told that I have a graceful top and beautiful pinnate leaves. 

 My wood is heavy, hard, strong, coarse-grained, compact, and of a brown color, and is 

 much used for cabinet ware, farm implements, and house finishing. 



7. Behold in me the Beech. Upon my smooth, gray bark many a heart history has 

 been carved. The poet, Campbell, tells it so beautifully : 



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. 



8. I rejoice in the name of the Pine. I am the musician among the trees. I sing only 

 when the spirit moves. You may know when that is by the peculiar swaying of my head. 



9. The name White Oak distinguishes me from my neighbors. I am the senior mem- 

 ber of our family, and have attained a very great age. Every particle of me is useful, 

 even to my ashes. My bark is used for tanning leather. My 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. 



10. I am the celebrated Birch. I am a useful factor in the cause of education, though 

 not now so commonly found in the school-room as in former years. Probably you are 

 best acquainted with the Canoe Birch, whose white wood you see in spools and shoe pegs. 

 It gives up its beautiful white dress without any injury to itself. Let us all tell our friends 

 what Longfellow has said of the Birch tree. 



CONCERT RECITATION. " THE BIRCH TREE." See Index. "The Story of Hiawatha." 



10. " Voices of the Trees." First Intermediate Department. 



1. Beheld in me the Hemlock Spruce. I have been called by students in art, botany 

 and horticulture the most beautiful coniferous, hardy tree yet known. I grow to a good 

 height and acquire a large size. My evergreen leaves have delicate tints, my young 

 branches droop gracefully. As a timber tree I do not claim the highest honor. My bark 

 is valuable for tanning leather. 



2. I am the Black Spruce. I abound in swamps. I am often used for Christmas trees 

 on festive occasions, and boys and girls search me over for a supply of first-class gum. 

 I am not responsible, though, for all the gum that goes by my name. Within a few years 

 my wood has been largely used to make white paper. 



3. People call me Red Cedar. In summer my leaves are beautiful, but in winter they 

 become brown. I am found sparingly in any part of the world, though I am the most 

 widely distributed of any tree in the United States. I grow slowly and produce a beau- 

 tiful, red, fragrant wood, which is soft and very durable. My wood is now mainly limited 

 to the making of lead pencils. 



