FACTS ABOUT TREES 



What do we plant when we plant the tree? 

 A thousand things that we daily see. 

 We plant the spire that out-towers the crag, 

 We plant the staff for our country's flag, 

 We plant the shade from the hot sun free; 

 We plant all these when we plant the tree. 



FACTS ABOUT TREES FOR THE LITTLE 



ONES 



From Primary Education 

 (A Recitation) 



1. Cutting down trees spoils the beauty of the 

 landscape. I would not like to live where there 

 were no trees. 



2. There are few birds where there are no trees. 

 They have no place to make their homes. 



3. Taking away the trees takes away the protec- 

 tion from our tender fruit trees. 



4. Where there are no trees the snows melt and go 

 off too rapidly; the moisture that should sink into 

 the soil is carried away in floods. 



5. Because our forests are taken away we have 

 severe droughts every year. 



6. One full-grown elm tree gives out fifteen tons 

 of moisture in twenty-four hours. A large sunflower 

 plant gives off three pints of water in one day. 



7. The trees give us lumber, fuel, wood, pulp for 

 newspapers, cork, bark for tanning, wild fruits, 



