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word “ arbor ” in connection witli the proposed day was rather a 
pedantic word to be used in this country, and might lead to con¬ 
siderable misunderstanding. We could not have birds without 
trees. He had learnt that well enough in his own county of 
Caithness, in the North of Scotland, where trees would not live 
unless they were protected from the wind by walls. He believed 
that the scheme which had been drawn up for a Bird and Tree Hay 
was a sound and practical one, and he hoped that the people who 
were present at the meeting would see that, sooner or later, the 
idea was carried out in their own villages in the country. When 
we thought of what had been done in the way of tree-planting by our 
ancestors, we certainly ought to be trying to promote the same 
taste as that which had been a legacy of so much benefit to our¬ 
selves. He believed that the taste was brought to this country by 
Louis XIV., through whose influence the Long Walk at Windsor 
was planted by Charles II. as a monument of the Restoration. 
That was followed by Queen Anne’s Ride, which was a beautiful 
double row of oak trees extending almost the whole length of 
Windsor Forest and planted by Queen Anne. Then there was 
King William III.’s splendid Chestnut Avenue at Bushey ; the 
wonderful beech avenues at Lord Ailesbury’s place in Wiltshire; 
and the Duke of Montague’s elmswhich the Duke intended to stretch 
all the way from Northampton to London, so that he might drive 
along an avenue of elms from his country seat to his mansion in town. 
Those persons who knew Strathfieldsaye would remember that 
magnificent avenue of Wellingtonias which were growing in im- 
jDortance every year and had been planted to commemorate the 
Duke of Wellington. He noticed in the paper on the previous day 
a statement that an American lady had bought an estate in Surrey 
and planted a new road on both sides with rose trees. He would 
also mention the example of the head master of Reading Grammar 
School who had planted thousands of rose trees so that he could 
gather roses every day of the year, and sent many up to the 
hospitals in London. On Sunday he allowed every boy in the 
school to go and gather a rose for himself. It was not necessary 
to go into the various ways in which the ideas of the Society might 
be carried out, but he most sincerely hoped that something would 
be done in the direction which had been indicated. The other 
day, when the cold suddenly disappeared from the neighbourhood 
of London and we were saluted with warmer breezes, the air 
became suddenly vocal with the chirping of sparrows, and 
Londoners were pleased to hear even this. Since we had been 
taking more trouble with our trees in London, the birds had greatly 
multiplied amongst us and added to the interest of town life. How 
delightful England might be if every cottage was surrounded with 
dowers and trees, including the walnut, which was a great feature 
in the county of Sussex; and if every village had its tree-planting 
committee, not only to make the place beautiful and pleasant, but 
