Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-15
ARBoR DAY.

The planting of trees shrubs, lawns
or flowers should mot bee done m
e. hap-h8zard or promiscuous way but
somo plan should bo well Thought out
in advance. Competent gardeners VIII
E.va adyioo. and DO may Doe necessary
10 sccuro the aid of nursery men iu
planting The trees. but on this day
something should Boz planted and with
q definite end in view.
In the past TOO many Of the soft-
wo5da-tne poplaia, SOFT naples. and
boX-eldcrs, willovs-hayc been 500 out
Now ue should select moro of the well
nut, chestnut BIRCH ASH elm. hard ma
Ole. pine, balsam. cedar and spruce.
10 i8 a good plan 90 SGT out some
of the trees ln groups. and whore ID
definite plan cannot boz made out,
clumps in tho corners are nearly ale
ways in place. Eyorsrceus especially
should be planted ln groups. And
where the grounds are entirely bare, 10
h best TO begin with the soft woods,
especially the hardy catapa the box
elder and the soft maple. But some
Of the more lasting kinds should ba
set out at the same time, and as the
latter kind grow up the former may
bot cut out.
We have many fine ornamental
shrubs. The elder. the dogwood, ana
the sumarchs are perhaps the best
of the native varieties. while Of the
imported kinds the nurserymen have a
great variety OF attractive forms Of
the easiest cultivation.
The observance OF Arbor day. says
Secretary Wilson, "may fairly be said
to exercise immense influence IN excit-
ing affection and respect for trees in
the coming generations. and so 20 pre-
pare a body of sentiment which VIII
assist powerfully hereafter TO bring
about the general practice Of conserya-
tive forestry"
Arbor day has other and more di-
rect values. Its due Observance win
beauufy the home. the school grounds,
the city streets, and the public parks
OF especial Importance is the carry
ing out Of the Arbor day program ass
signed TO the schools. In a circular
addressed 70 the county superintsnd-
ents, the state superintendent OF the
schools of Illinois. ln 1908. makes tho
statement that two thousand OF the
schools OF that state were sin without
single shade tree. We are relieved
az being unable 10 find authoritative
- HHa o..
OF trees from the school grounds OF
our own districts in the state OF Utah,
since we suspect that they would reveal
condition precisely similar 70 Cha,
reported from Illinois
II is the uniform testimony, from all
parts OF the United States that a SINH
lar need Of improving the school
grounds exists nearly everywhere. Not
a great deal has ever been done 10
make school grounds attractive or oven
respectable.
Not alone in the beauty and adorn-
ment of their grounds. walks. and
parks, but In their buildings also, many
Of the public jalls arc far in advance
Of the schools in possessing substantial
and elegant buildings surrounded by
attractive forms Of vegetation. Most
Of the farmers manage 10 surround
their homes with groves and flowers,
though many still fail 20 do 50, and
Arhor day Is good reminder 10 both
classes OF the value of tree and OF
the profit that come from the careful
planting Of choice and thrifty varieties.
The country schooihouse bears. quite
too frequently a barren and ugly as
pect and this unsighty condition of
tho school surroundings may account
Tor the fact that many children dislike
b. go TO school