The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-21
Its Educational
and floral
Influence.


and gentleness in our social intercourse;
IL means greater regard for orderliness,
neatness and beauty in our surroundings.
A tree planted needs attention and care,
which cannot be bestowed without enter
| Ing into the general habit of the planter;
/ IL may need a box to protect it; the
shrub or bed of flowers suggests the we'll
| Kept lawn or the more modest grass
| plat, and these in turn point to a neat
| fence, a clean yard with trim walks. q
| painted house, and within tidy rooms,
| decorated walls, pictures and books, good
| cheer and comfort. 1t will be readily
| admitted that these things cannot be
| without affecting wholesomely and only
| for good the moral tone of the family
! life, and. through 1t, that Of the COM
| nlunity." 81 81
| 1t Is among country homes that the OBJ
servance of Arbor day can be enjoyed to
| the fullest extent. In some sections a
| tree is planted on Arbor day for every
! member of the family. In the planting
| there Is also an aim to place the trees
| where they will add attractive beauty to
| the home surroundings. The children
take both pride and delight in ownership
| of such trees. Close associations with
nature draw one nearer to natures God.
History is filed with accounts of famous
trees. The School Record mentions the
following:
1.-THE Charter Oak is in Hartford, Conn,
and concealed the charter of the colony
Tor several years from 1887.
washington took command of the
army under an elm tree in Cambridge.
1.-The Treaty Elm, under which William
Penn signed the famous treaty with the
Indians, in 1882 was upon the banks Of
the Delaware 1t died in 1929.
1.-The great linden, In Wurtemburg, was
500 years old. The city of Neustadt was
for many years known as the city near
the linden. In 140S poem was written
about it. It was propped by siXty-seven
stone pillars; in 1864 these were increased
to eighty-tWo; in 1882 to LOG. Its trunk
then measured 81 feet 1t was wrecked in
a gale that year.
There is a walnut tree 1900 years old
in the Baider valley, near Balalklava. 1t
belonged to five Tartar families 1t yields
nearly 100000 nuts, which are divided be-
tween the owners.
1.-THE famous banyan tree is in Ceylon,
on Mount Lavinia, seven miles from Co.
lombo. There are two roads through the
stems. Its shadow at noon covers four
acres.
THE famous cedars are on Mount
Lebanon. There are sixteen that measure
more than thirty feet in circumference
in 1896.
a crown for Solomon.
1.-The black, mulberry was dedicated to
Minerva because of it's slow growth"
Meehan's Monthly says: "a Hartford
Comm correspondent not writing for
publication, says: L must tell you a
singular deed showing the love of trees
Of our late Bishop Williams, Of the Fps
copal church, as told In the Hartford
Times, who once put down his foot on
the tree slayers who cut the fine elms
down on the street where the Berkeley
Divinity school, in Middletown, Is locat-
ed. When the workman approached those
trees on the grounds Of the school the
good bishop said: Halt! If you cut
down these trees I will move the school
out of this city" 1t had effect The
grand elms were left undisturbed. Though
he is dead now, at the age of eighty-two,
may his example be kept green whenever
necessary shade trees are in danger Of
annihilation.'
Horace Mann says: 'Alas for the man
who had no boyhood associated with
trees, with their songs, their sadness,
their restfulness and Reckoning welcome!
Alas for the man who has never laid on
the springfng,. pungent needles and heard
the wandering night wind whispering
sweep gossip IN the pine tree tops! You
cannot bring up boys without trees any
more than you can bring up little girl
without her mother-love instinct salts
fed for doll and cradle. Mans first home
was in and under the trees, and choke
them as you may, his instincts lead him
back, and he is happiest under the great
and spreading branches, with the wood
echoes to answer his musings
Teach trees, plant trees, and let the
boy and father cultivate and protect
them. Let the boys heart lie very close
to the ground, among the flowers, where
he can feel the mother pulse Of nature
as she throbs her love and her life to all
alike.
Mature is great evener in this I'M
equal strife. No rich, no poor, no family
heritage of Norman blood nor lineal de-
scent of piety admits her inmost mus
ings and rich revealings. Let the boy
find his greatest pleasures in the woods
and on the waters, by the murmuring
brooks and drinking in Gods happiness
and springtime on the meadows. This
will be to him very present joy and a
joy of lifelong memories. We worry all
our lives to keep the boys from tenpta-
tons ways; we try to legiSlate away
besetting evils. We cry aloud against
the times and revile the evil that is in
us. Evil can never be arrested by force.
The antidote of evil, the Irresistible bar
rier to this regation of life, is nature
Arbor day in cities and towns has be-
come an occasion for the dissemination
in schools of educational information that
not only interests the students, but will
prove by practical value in years to
come. In travelling through the various
states the lover Of nature finds many
cities where the chief beauty is the mag
nif1cent tree-lined avenues. at Riverside,
Cal, the celebrated Magnolia avenue,
with its eight-mile stretch of grand trees
and century plants is well worth cross
ing the continent to see. ST. Paul, Mn
neapolis Cleveland, Washington and
other cities all have their beautiful tree
avenues that visitors become enthusiastic
of on beholding. Aside from the beauty
of trees in cities they possess great value