The early colonial traditions that prompted the planting of trees in the 

 Eastern States were largely lost in California during the "days of '49," 

 although many of our mining towns have trees that were planted by the gold 

 seekers at that time. The unsettled conditions that prevailed, however, and 

 the undeveloped conditions with which the home-builder had to contend, 

 made tree planting a secondary consideration. 



Now that the pioneering days are over and settled conditions prevail, 

 more and more interest is being taken in making community and rural life 

 more attractive. There can be no more pleasant surroundings than are 

 provided by trees. No man who has planted a tree and watched it grow can 

 fail to appreciate how responsive and grateful it is to human help. A seedling 

 placed in unused ground pays back a thousand fold in beauty, and in its 

 response to care. It talks of man's works to posterity as is so well stated by 



Lucy Larcom : 



"He who plants a tree 



He plants love ; 



Tents of coolness spreading out above 

 Wayfarers he may not live to see." 



