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Specimen Programs. l*ort Henry, >'. Y. Continued. 



4. My name is Arbor Vitae. I thrive in the swamps of the north and afford shelter to 

 wild animals. I am often called White Cedar, and I furnish most of the telegraph poles, 

 some fence posts, railway ties and blocks for paving streets. I take a high place as an 

 ornamental tree. 



5. I am called the Chestnut. All botanists of the present day agree that I am first 

 cousin to the Oak. I am well known for valuable timber and a good crop of edible 

 nuts. I am a great friend of the boys and girls. Sometimes naughty boys seek me 

 rather than the school-room. Of course no such boys live in Port Henry. 



6. I have received the name of Tulip Tree. I am not only valuable as an ornamental 

 shade tree, but I also furnish excellent timber for carriage bodies, furniture and finishing 

 houses. I grow to a great size and height and have shining, queer-shaped leaves, and 

 large, tulip-shaped blossoms. 



7. You may call me the Balsam Fir. I am a rather small, slender evergreen, found 

 in swamps, though often cultivated as an ornament about dwellings. I arrive at my 

 prime when about fourteen years old. 



8. I am known as the Willow. I live near the water and my wood is made into the 

 strangest things, artificial limbs, tooth-picks, ball clubs and gunpowder. Some of us 

 are called Pussy Willows. 



O, Willow, why forever weep. Mourn on forever, unconsoled. 



As one who mourns an endless wrong ? And keep your secret, faithful tree ! 



What hidden woe can lie so deep ? Xo heart in all'the world can hold 

 What utter grief can last so long ? A sweeter grace than constancy. 



9. You see before you the Red Elm. I am well known for my durable red wood and 

 mucilaginous bark and am often called Slippery Elm. 



10. I am familiar to all as the American Elm. I have been called the Queen of the 

 Forest, and stand without a rival at the head of the list of ornamental deciduous-leaved 

 trees. I claim this rank on account of rapid growth and the graceful and majestic beauty 

 of my drooping branches. 



Let us all recite the praises of the Elm. 



Concert Recitation. 



Hail to the Elm ! the brave old Elm ! Yet he holds them well, and lives to tell 

 Our last lone forest tree. His tale of ye olden time ! 



Whose limbs outstand the lightning's brand. Then hail to the Elm ! the green-topp'd Elm ! 

 For a brave old Elm is he ! And long may his branches wave. 



For Bfteen score of full-told years. For a relic is he, the gnart'd old tree. 

 He has borne his leafy prime. Of the times of the good and brave. 



11. Vocal Solo * " Woodman, Spare that Tree." 



12. " Song of the Trees," First Grammar Department. 



13. Chorus " The Picnic," by the High School." 



The audience then repaired to the grounds outside where trees had been planted, the 

 planting complete with the exception of placing of a little more earth around the roots, 

 and in the following order and manner, dedicated seven trees to the perpetual honor and 

 memory of so many of our beloved and honored American poets. 



The first of the trees approached, was the one chosen to be henceforth associated with 

 the name of the patriotic Christian poet, John G. Whittier. 



This dedication service was very appropriate and suggestive, consisting of 



ist. A brief sketch of the poet's life. 



2d. Singing an appropriate chorus. 



3d. Reciting ten gems from the author's works. 



4th. Depositing earth around the tree to symbolize the whole process of planting. 



The same form of exercise was followed at each tree. 



THE WHITE ASH, DEDICATED TO JOHN G. WHITTIER. 



By Second Primary Department. 



GEMS FROM WHITTIER: 



1. Two stanzas form "Lines for an Agricultural Exhibition:" "Give fools their 



gold," See Index. 



2. Introductory to " The Funeral Tree of the Sokokis." See Index. 



