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NATURE-STUDY 



Arbor Day may be utilized for a general cleaning up of the 

 grounds. Rake up the rubbish, burn or remove it. Repair 

 the fences, etc., make flower-beds, and transplant the flowers 

 started in the window-boxes. (See page 258 on school gard- 

 ening. Flower lists, page 295.) 

 An excellent thing to do on Arbor Day is to plant perennial 



Fig. 163. A Street Beautified by Shade Trees. 



plants, such as bleeding-heart, peony, larkspur, honey- 

 suckle, columbine, iris, tulip, lily, golden-glow, holly- 

 hock, etc. These will do well with very little atten- 

 tion, and come up year after year. The bulbs or roots 

 may either be bought or contributed by the children from 

 their home gardens. (See hst of perennials and bulbs 

 page 296.) 



It is customary on Arbor Day to render a special pro- 

 gramme relative to the planting and the uses of trees. This 

 may either wholly or in part be given in the open. This 



