222 ARBOR DAY 



On each life path, like costly flowers faded 

 And cast away, are pleasures that are dead; 



Good deeds, like trees, whereunder, fed and shaded, 

 Souls yet unborn may tread. 



WOOD* 



BY JULIA ROGERS 



TREES grow, therefore wood is cheaper than 

 metals. It is easily worked with tools into desired 

 shapes and sizes. It is held securely by nails and 

 by glue. It is practically permanent when protected 

 by paint; under water or in the ground it outlasts 

 metal. Its strength and lightness adapt it to various 

 uses. Its lightness makes it easy to handle. It pre- 

 serves the flavor of wines as no other material can 

 do. It is a non-conductor of heat and electricity. 

 Many woods are marked by patterns of infinite 

 variety and beauty, whose very irregularities consti- 

 tute an abiding charm. To this is added a fine 

 blending of colors and a lustre when polished that 

 give woods a place in the decorative arts that can 

 be taken by no other substance. 



THE HOLLY-TREE 



BY ROBERT SOUTHEY 



O READER! hast thou ever stood to see 

 The Holly- tree? 



* From " The Tree Book," Doubleday, Page & Co. 



