] 8 Common Trees 



Trees give us rich food. Every boy and girl remembers the 

 delicious chestnuts, walnuts and hickory nuts from trees. 

 The cherries, apples, pears, and the tasty persimmons are also 

 among our favorite fruits. 



Trees enrich the soil. Their leaves, upon falling to the 

 ground, are a big factor in maintaining the fertility of our 

 soil. Tree-enriched soils make possible the production of 

 many of the necessary crops of life. 



Trees give us a wonderful environment for play. There 

 is no better place to play and rest than among the trees. 

 The lap of a tree is the most comfortable and attractive rest- 

 ing place on the face of the earth. Clean, outdoor play 

 grounds make clean young hearts. The right use of leisure 

 is as vital to good citizenship as the right use of toil. 



Trees supply us with wood, which is one of the most 

 necessary things of life. We use it every day. We cannot 

 get along without it. It is essential to our welfare and our 

 life. 



Not all the good things that trees do for us have been 

 listed. There are many other ways in which they help us. 

 Enough benefits have been recorded, however, to convince 

 every boy and girl and their teachers, that trees are truly 

 among our best helpers and greatest benefactors. 



WITHOUT TREES 



WITHOUT TREES this would be a dreary and uncomfort- 

 able world. Trees are among nature's best gifts, but 

 they are so common that we do not half appreciate their 

 shade and beauty. We partake of their food and wood as a 

 matter of course. Oft it is with trees, as with friends; we 

 do not appreciate their real value until we have lost them. 

 What would we think and how would we feel if some 

 powerful dragon would rush through our streets and about 

 our countryside and over-night destroy all the trees. Then, 

 as never before, would we think of their gifts and realize 

 how intimately they serve us. 



Without trees man would be without many indispensable 

 things of life. Without trees the birds, squirrels, and many 

 other wild folks would be homeless. Without trees many 



