

ARBORICULTURE. 



''And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to 

 dress it and to keep it." Genesis, n : 15. 



The oldest occupation of which the human family have record is Arboricul- 

 ture. It is also the most honorable. 



The Almighty, after the creation, planted a garden in Eden in which He 

 made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, as well as the trees which 

 are good for food. 



Adam was given full control of this forest of pleasurable trees, some of 

 which also produced him the necessaries of life, and the care and management 

 of this forest of Eden was his occupation. 



A life of idleness -.vas never intended by the Creator for any living creature, 

 any more than it has been for himself from all eternity. 



It was not until after the fall and as a consequence of the sinful disobedience 

 of Adam that drudgery or constant toil in tilling a garden of herbs was appointed 

 unto him as a second occupation. 



The first garden was of trees, permanent in character, while the second gar- 

 den beyond the limits of paradise was of those plants and herbs which must be 

 sown, tilled and harvested from year to year. 



Arboriculture is a science that teaches how great are the influences which 

 forests or trees exert upon a community ; not only from the economic uses for 

 which wood is adapted for man's benefit, but in their far-reaching effect upon 

 climate and thus on the welfare and permanence of nations and peoples. Arbori- 

 culture is full of interest and is of vast importance to mankind. Forestry, 

 as usually understood, pertains to the management of forests. Arboriculture 

 comprises forestry and also includes every subject relating to the growth of trees 

 and their influences. 



Economically it considers the requirements of agriculture, manufacture, 

 commerce and mining, and teaches the best means for supplying the needs of 

 various pursuits. At what age or size timber should be cut and what 

 should be cut as well as what should be preserved, so as not to destroy the 

 forest, but perpetuate it ; the preservation of an ample number of trees for seed 

 bearing in order that nature may reproduce the forest after the demands of 

 commerce and manufacture have caused the removal of marketable trees, are 

 subjects for investigation. 



Entomology so far as it pertains to destructive insects which feed upon 

 forest and shade trees, and practical methods for combating them, as well as 



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