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might be made an occasion for inviting the patrons and 

 civic authorities, and good might be accomplished outside 

 of the school in the way of civic improvement in beautifying 

 streets, lawns, and parks. The following are suggestions for 

 Arbor Day programmes : Purpose of Arbor Day. Origin of 

 Arbor Day. * Our forests. Uses of forests. Uses of differ- 

 ent kinds of woods. Destruction of our forests. Forestry 

 laws. What is forestry? Ornamental and shade trees. 

 Windbreaks. The nursery. Descriptions of certain trees. 

 Trees on city streets. Trees and school-grounds. The 

 beauty of trees. Pleasures derived from trees. Trees and 

 literature, with selections. Trees and history. How old 

 some trees are. A development lesson on a certain tree. 

 These topics may be presented by the pupils as essays or 

 recitatiqns. On the grounds perhaps there might be pro- 

 cessions and tree planting songs. Let there be talks by 

 practical tree planters, farmers, nursery men, and others 

 interested in the raising and preservation of trees. Perhaps 

 an illustrated lecture on trees or forestry may be arranged 

 for in the evening, to which pupils and parents could come. 

 In graded schools several rooms, or all, may unite in these 

 exercises. An excursion to some picturesque wooded spot, 

 or a park, would be very appropriate. Remember that 

 Arbor Day can, and should, be made an opportunity for 

 disseminating a knowledge of trees and forestry, and for 

 cultivating, in the patrons as well as the school children, a 

 desire for home and city improvement by planting trees and 

 flowers. 



Teachers should send for the following pamphlets on Arbor 

 Day: " Arbor Day: Its History and Observance," by N. H. 

 Eggleston, and " Tree Planting on Rural School Grounds, " by 



