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Then plant the flower, the shrub, the vine. 
For man, bird, beast and beauty; 
The basswood, oak, the beech and pine — 
It is for all a duty — 
The hemlock, ash, the spruce and elm, 
And fruits, so very many — 
Ay, plant of all that meet man’s needs, 
And that is all, if any. 
They are so lovely, fresh and grand, 
So richly ornamental; 
By roadside, meadow, field, in wood, 
They’ve beauty transcendental; 
Give just one day in all the year, 
’Twill pay for all your ardors. 
And Arb'or Day will soon display 
A land of charming arbors. 
Watertown, N. Y. George Adams 
ARBOR DAY ODE. 
R AISE a song of gladness on this festal day. 
Which shall be a forest symphony, 
Chiming with the music of melodious May, 
Sung in honor of each growing tree. 
Chorus.— Happy, happy with the joys of spring, 
Gayly, gayly our delights we sing. 
Children blest of heaven, who so glad as we, 
Pealing forth the anthem of the free ? 
Honor to the oak tree, emblem of the power, 
Making this fair nation proud and strong, 
Great with all the glories of heaven’s richest dower. 
Worthy all the praise of festal song.— Cho. 
Honor to the pine tree, with its fadeless sheen, 
Type of beauty in our native land, 
Which the sister nations from afar have seen, 
Through the years a pattern long to stand.— Cho. 
Trees are forms of beauty that our minds upraise 
To the boundless Giver of all good. 
Loving God of Nature, hear our song of praise 
For the beauties of the field and wood.— Cho. 
Maker of each glory of our native land, 
May each form of beauty which we see. 
In the pleasant meadow and the forest grand, 
Lift our souls to higher thoughts of Thee.— Cho. 
Kingston, N. Y., Academy Exercises, 1889. Parr Harlow. 
