PARK AND CEMETERY 
and Landscape Gardening. 
VOL. XIV CHICAGO, APRIL, 1904 No. 2 
Scientific Arbor Day WorK 
By Mrs. Frances Copley Seavey. 
The Arbor Day Club of Stockton, Cal., appears to 
be an exceptionally energetic and efficient organiza- 
tion. It is incorporated and is governed by a Board 
of Directors made up of two ladies, two newspaper 
editors, one landscape gardener and one Public School 
principal, — some of these being also officers of the 
club. This board meets once a month except for the 
month preceding Arbor Day, when two meetings are 
held, if necessary, to perfect plans for the Arbor Day 
and the selection of trees, together with definite in- 
structions which are published in advance in the 
daily papers, insure order in carrying out the day’s 
program, as well as successful results. This is proven 
by the fact that 73 per cent of last year’s planting is 
alive and thriving. The missing trees have recently 
been replaced. 
All plans for the Arbor Day work are completed at 
least one month in advance of the day appointed by the 
1. Setting the Stakes and Tree. 
2. Planting Finished, Cleats Nailed on, and Wire in Position. 
ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTING IN CALIFORNIA. 
work, which are definitely outlined to the last and 
least detail. 
Last year, planting was done on three separate 
roads leading into the city, about 1,000 trees being set 
out. This year, it was thought best to concentrate ef- 
forts on one road. The one selected for improvement, 
known as the French Camp road, is about five miles 
long and extends from Stockton to the town of French 
Camp. The Public School children of both places are 
prominent in the Arbor Day Club and took an active 
part in the planting. They were out early and late,’ 
working merrily under the supervision of older club 
members, and of the school principals and teachers. 
Expert supervision of the plans and of the planting, 
governor, which, in California, was this year Jan. 
29th, President McKinley’s birthday. The county 
surveyor stakes out the planting in advance and each 
stake is numbered, the odd numbers on one and the 
even on the other side of the road. Then all intending 
planters, whether schools, societies, or individuals, 
choose the numbers they wish to plant and register 
them with the club two weeks in advance of Arbor 
Day. The schools of the city and of the town receive 
the numbers nearest to their respective ends of the 
route, and each school this year planted from twelve to 
sixty trees. Various local organizations, such as Elks, 
etc., take an interest, some of them planting as many as 
one hundred trees. This early selection and registration 
