ON TREES AND BIRDS. 



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set out kinds entirely unfit for street shading, and, 

 worst of all, the trees are generally set by "con- 

 tract," the main roots cut off and a little hole dug 

 about the size of a bushel basket, and a little earth 

 thrown or kicked in and tramped down, and the plant 

 left to live or die. Let all children begin to study the 

 place for trees and hoiu to plant them. 



