lature first enacted Arbor Day under the sponsor- 
ship of Julius Sterling Morton in 1872; and from 
which more than a million trees were planted in 
Nebraska. Since then every state has followed 
suit in setting aside one day in the year to com- 
memorate the importance of trees to America. 
There are further purposes to a day set aside 
for tree planting ceremonies. One purpose is 
educational because the occasion can be used to 
give information about tree planting to the citiens 
and to acquaint them with the important and 
very often unrecognized tree planting activities of 
the local park department. 
Another purpose is to provide living and grow- 
ing, beautiful memorials for the dead, and thus, 
in Oliver Wendell Holmes’ phrase, to “Make 
trees monuments of history and character.” 
It should be more generally recognized that 
some types of trees are more durable than marble 
itself and that a more beautiful, fitting and lasting 
monument than a carefully-chosen memorial tree 
or grove of trees cannot be imagined. The Augus- 
tine Ascending Elm because of its spiritual, rising 
form, its great health, its architectural and mayjes- 
tic appearance with youthful masculine strength 
is particularly suited for dedicated planting. 
AUGUSTINE ASCENDING ELM is a natural 
land planning architectural feature. Counseling 
is offered for your plantation problem of 
Parks — Highways — Streets — Housing 
Sites — Institutional Grounds — Golf 
Courses — Cemeteries. 
And the Augustine Ascending Elm proves, more 
than any other shade tree, the general economy 
and wisdom of planting trees. No other expendi- 
ture can better assure a return in practical and 
esthetic advantage. 
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