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materials for clothing; ropes, medicines, oils, homes 

 for the birds, houses, furniture, etc.; their value as 

 defense against storms, from avalanches in Switzer- 

 land, and in preserving health by counteracting the 

 influences of malaria, etc. 



Compositions may also be written on the size of 

 trees, trees in history, care of trees, enemies of trees, 

 the kinds and habits of native trees, kinds of orna- 

 mental trees; also, a description of the tree chosen 

 for planting, its characteristics, usefulness, etc.; 

 upon varieties of shrubs that are valuable for land- 

 scape gardening, their habits of growth, flowering, 

 etc. The same exercises may be extended to include 

 the vines or flower seeds or flowering plants that may 

 be selected for cultivation. 



1. DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES: 



(a) Reading of Scripture : (b) Prayer, (c) Song. 

 (Note. See Scripture lesson given elsewhere. 

 This may be read by one person, or different 

 scholars may each repeat a verse or a sen- 

 tence. Or it may be made a responsive ser- 

 vice, the teacher repeating one sentence, and 

 scholars the next). 



2. READING OF THE LAW ESTABLISHING ARBOR 



DAY. 



3. READING OF DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR, AND OF 



LETTERS IN REFERENCE TO ARBOR DAY. 

 (Note. Many teachers and others in charge 



