342 ARBOR DAY 



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. 



Tenth Pupil. 



You see before you 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 respons- 

 ible, though, for all the gum that goes by my name. 

 Within a few years my wood has been largely used 

 to make white paper. 



CONCERT RECITATION 



I love thee in the spring, 

 Earth-crowned forest! when amid the shades 

 The gentle South first waves her odorous wing, 



And joy fills all the glades. 



In the hot summer-time, 

 With deep delight, the somber aisles I roam, 

 Or, soothed by some cool brook's melodious chime, 



Rest on thy verdant loam. 



But oh, when autumn's hand 

 Hath marked thy beauteous foliage for the grave, 

 How doth thy splendor, as entranced I stand, 



My willing heart enslave! 



