RErf S GARDENS' EVERYWHERE 



Arbor Day 



ARBOR DAY should be a real live 

 sort of day in schools. It should 

 be an active, doing day; not a day of 

 recitation only. 



What sort of things shall we do? Let 

 us plan for outdoor work. Suppose it 

 rains! Then if it does let us have the 

 whole school meet together and each grade 

 can tell the others what its special piece 

 of work was and what it will do the next 

 pleasant day. For example: the boys 

 of the seventh grade were to plant trees; 

 then the whole piece of work may be told 

 by aid of blackboard and crayon: 



Here is a list of some Arbor Day pieces 

 of work, and since the date of the day is 

 not the same in all states the list is a varied 

 one: 



(i) Plant trees either in the school 

 yard or along the street. In choosing 

 the tree for the school grounds select one 

 of our native kinds. In choosing one for 

 the street keep in mind such points as 

 beauty, shade, rate of growth and bril- 

 liancy of foliage. Why not make out a 

 list of suitable ornamental and shade trees. 



MAKING ARBOR DAY A LIVING 

 REALITY — METHODS OF CON- 

 DUCTING HOME GARDEN WORK — 

 A TALLY CARD FOR CHECKING UP 

 CHILDREN'S HOME GARDENING 

 EFFORTS 



Conducted by 



ELLEN EDDY SHAW 



New York 



Farmers' Bulletin No. 173, "A Primer of 

 Forestry, " gives a good history of the 

 life of a tree. Send to the Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington for this. For 

 simple directions on how to plant trees 

 send to our "Children's Gardens Corre- 

 spondence Bureau." 



(2) Clean up the school grounds, assign- 

 ing sections to different grades. Burn 

 all rubbish. Fill in all holes in the lawns. 

 Clean paths and gutters. 



(3) Make a plan of the grounds as they 

 are to be with all improvements made. 

 Draw this plan to scale. Have it where 

 it may be constantly referred to. The 

 Government issues a bulletin on the sub- 

 ject of improvement of school grounds. 



(4) Fix that old stone wall. Set posts 

 for the new chicken wire fence. Be sure 

 the boys know how to use the spirit level. 

 The making of a level is a piece of manual 

 work for you boys. 



(5) The small boys and girls can beautify 

 unsightly objects with vines of nasturtium, 

 morning glory, scarlet runner beans and 

 cucumber. 



(6) Dig dandelion and other weed roots 

 out of the lawn. 



(7) Start a rose garden. 



(8) Prune old wood from the trees and 

 shrubs. 



(9) Set out some shrubs. Make a study 

 of shrubs as was done for the trees. Make 



The back yard may be made beautiful by the children at slight money cost and some real labor 



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These morning glory vines made the summer camp 

 beautiful 



out a shrub planting table telling: time of 

 blossoming; color of blossom; nature of 

 fruit; the kind of soil to plant in and 

 points of interest about the shrub. 



(10) Look around the town and see if 

 there is an ugly spot to be fixed up. 



(n) Dig up the garden and manure 

 it properly. 



(12) Plant whatever can be planted in 

 the garden. 



(13) Send to the departments of educa- 

 tion in different states for a copy of their 

 Arbor Day manuals. New York State 

 always sends out to its teachers an attrac- 

 tive and helpful annual; so too, does Wis- 

 consin. 



(14) Let us know what you did on Arbor 

 Day toward making a more beautiful 

 world. 



An Arbor Day Garden 



THE following is an account of two 

 lads' real Arbor Day work by 

 Jessie J. Carpenter of Colorado: 



"Arbor Day was a holiday in our town, 

 and the children celebrated by planting 

 a garden. The ground had been plowed, 

 and it took nearly the entire day to clear 

 off the rocks, pulverize the clods and 

 mark off the rows. But they succeeded 

 in getting the seeds into the ground late 

 in the afternoon. Radishes, lettuce and 

 peas were used. 



The ground was so cold that it was two 



