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until the virgin forest will be only a memory and our 

 excursions will be limited to cultivated forests and orna- 

 mental trees. 



We are only beginning to appreciate the great beauty 

 of shrubbery. It not only has a distinct value in lawn 

 treatment but may be used very effectively where trees 

 would be undesirable. Shrubbery, or hedges, may be 

 found today on many school grounds and doubtless the 

 use of these will soon become much more general. 



In selecting a special theme as has been done the past 

 few years it is not the thought to limit the exercises in 

 any way to the subject chosen. Local conditions may 

 be found which will render an entirely ditferent program 

 of much more value. The school garden may be the 

 center of outdoor activity. If so, let this be emphasized. 

 It may be that the addition of small shrubs or hedges 

 may add something in an ornamental way. This feature 

 of school work which in so many places has given both 

 pleasure and profit is doubtless a result of the Arbor 

 Day movement. School gardens are daily teaching les- 

 sons which can be learned only by actual contact with 

 nature and with the soil. 



