Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-06
TREE PLANTING.

N pleasant unu USClul ICSllV0l ms become |
established in the West which might with
profit and utility be copied in the East. We
refer TO "Arbor Day." which in Michigan,
Ohio and other Western States is annually
that day the people turn out and plant trees
by the roadside, in the parks or on commons
the pupils of many or perhaps the most of
the schools decorate the school grounds in
like manner and the day is observed us Il
general holiday. "Thc wealth, beauty, fer
tiliy and hcathfulncss Of the country" says
the poet Whittier, "largcly depend upon the
conservation OF our forests and the planting
of trees :" and the truth of the saying is vim
Dictated by the scientists us well as maintain
cd by the poets. The crewning glory Of our
own beautiful city lies in the noble trees
which line its streets; aud there is not a vii
lagc in the country nor II public road which
| can not be made beautiful and attractive
by this simple method OF ornamcntng it
with long-livcd trees, In its economic
as well as its aesthetic relation the matter is
one of great Importance, and It is pleasant to
note that the public interest in it is growing
vc,r bv vcor In coIohro,i,., thoir Arhor
| D,v ,hc pco,Ic or ,bc Wos, ho,b sc mn nd.
mirablc example for imitation and do a great
thing for themselves. In this as in other
Nav E,c,o,d s,,,os ,yhcrc ,,,;vo f,r,s,s
have covorcd ,aroo orc, of ,hc country we
have maid Inf li,,lc ottcn,ion,o orboriculiure
but We arc fast Incoming deforc,tcd and #,
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will rroc,ic,llv cx,c,niro,c our yo,,s in 81
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r.,ou,.d ox.r,io,s
| And this Io,ds IN ,l,o consideration nf mn
o,bor uohi, idc,"- (which - ,h,, i, - i'm.
norton, In instr,c, our vouth in the value
and utility of fortsts-their influence upon
climate. soil, productions. c,c.,-aud toteach
them ,o care for and protec, forest trees .and
that the mos, mprcssiye way of impnrlur
the instruction. and of interesting the
pupils in the subject is through the cclcbra.
ton of trec-pnntinr. The Ohio State Forestry
Association has lust sent to supcrintcndcn,s
and teachers throughout the State circular
| in which, referring to the theory Jus, stated.
| it suggest, that pupils plant trees ON Arbor
Day with appropriate ceremonies that the
trees be planted in the school grounds by the
| roadside or in parks or commons that they
| be planted in houor and memory of Amoii-
can authors, thus ''muking trees monuments
| of history and character :" that the exercises
| consist Of reading compositions on the i'm
portancc and usefulness of forests, of rcciting
selections on trees from various authors, of
giving extracts from, and sketches of, the
life and writings of the particular author in
whose honor or memory each tree or group
is planted of singing, of the ceremony Of
throwing the soil, each pupil, in turn, about
the trees, and of appropriate talks by trus-
tees, teachers and others. This plan wa.
last year carried out in Cincinnati and We
find an interesting account of the affair In the
annual report OF that city's superintendent of
schools. The pupils OF all the schools were
given two-days recess and six acres of
land in Eden Park were set apart for the
children's c-plantins. Each school select
| ed IN author in whose honor and memory it
should plant IL group of trees and the idea
was faithfully carried out. In the centre Of
"Au,hors' Grove" $50 the spot was namcd)
| was plnntcd a rrOup of ash. oak md maple