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NATURE-STUDY 



ArlDor Da}' maj' lac utilized for a general cleaning up of the 

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

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

 started in the window-boxes. (See page 25S on school gard- 

 ening. Flower lists, page 295.) 



An excellent thing to do on Arbor Day is to j^lant perennial 



Fig. 163. A Street Beautilied by Shade Trees. 



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

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

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

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

 may either be bought or contriljuted by the children from 

 their home gardens. (See list of perennials and bulljs 

 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 



