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ARBOR DA V MANUAL. 
WHAT DO WE PLANT? 
W HAT do we plant when we plant the tree ? 
We plant the ship, which will cross the sea. 
We plant the mast to carry the sails ; 
We plant the plank to withstand the gales. 
The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee ; 
We plant the ship when we plant the tree. 
What do we plant when we plant the tree ? 
We plant the houses for you and me. 
We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, 
We plant the studding, the lath, the doors. 
The beams and siding, all parts that be; 
We plant the house when we plant the tree. 
What do we plant when we plant the tree ? 
A thousand things that we daily see. 
We plant the spire that out-towers the crag, 
We plant the staff for our country’s flag. 
We plant the shade, from the hot sun free ; 
We plant all these when we plant the tree. 
Henry. Abbey. . 
DEAR ELM, IT IS OF THEE. 
D EAR Elm it is of thee, 
Emblem of dignity, 
Of thee vve sing. 
Now do we children raise, 
Songs of most joyful praise. 
To thee our choicest lays, 
We now do bring. 
Let hills and vales resound, 
Our hearts with rapture bound, 
As round thee cling, 
More graceful than the vine, 
More cheering than the wine, 
School joys of ’89 
Our mem’ries bring. 
Hail our dear school to thee, 
May Buffalo never see 
Thy prestige less ; 
May true ones throng thy halls, 
May trained ones leave thy walls, 
Summoned by world-wide calls, 
Mankind to bless. 
Sung at the Le Couteulx St. Mary's Institution for the Improved Instruction- of Deaf- 
Mutes, Buffalo, May 3, 1889. 
“There is an Arabian proverb that, with the planting of a tree, a blessing, 
comes to him who drops the seed.” 
