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ARBOR DA V MANUAL. 
FALL FASHIONS. 
T HE maple owned that she was tired of always wearing green, 
She knew that she had grown, of late, too shabby to be seen! 
The oak and beech and chestnut then deplored their shabbiness, 
And all, except the hemlock sad, were wild to change their dress. 
“ For fashion-plates we’ll take the flowers,” the rustling maple said. 
“And like the tulip I’ll be clothed in splendid gold and red !” 
“The cheerful sunflower suits me best,” the lightsome beech replied; 
“ The marigold my choice shall be,” the chestnut spoke with pride. 
The sturdy old oak took time to think, “I hate such glaring hues; 
The gillyflower, so dark and rich, I for my model choose.” 
So every tree in all the grove, except the hemlock sad, 
According to its wish ere long in brilliant dress was clad. 
And here they stand through all the soft and bright October days ; 
They wished to be like flowers — indeed they look like huge bouquets.. 
COME TO THE FOREST. 
C OME to the forest, the bright sun is shining, 
And nature is decked in her proudest array; 
The green leafy boughs with ivy entwining, 
Bend gracefully o’er the sweet flow’rs of May. 
Chorus. 
O come to the forest, all nature is gay; 
Come away! Come away ! Come away, away ! 
Come away! Come away! Come away!Come awayt 
Away, away, away, away. 
Away, away, away, away. 
Come to the forest, the gay birds are singing, 
As upward they soar to the beautiful sky; 
And through the fresh air bright insects are winging; 
Then come to the forest while summer is nigh. 
GOD’S LOVE. 
T HERE’S not a flower that decks the vale, 
There’s not a tree that guards the mountain, 
There’s not a shrub that scents the gale, 
There’s not a wind that stirs the fountain, 
There’s not a hue that paints the rose, 
There’s not a leaf around us lying, 
But in its use or beauty shows 
God’s love to us, and love undying.- 
