Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-23
CAPT. F. o. REMINGTON

half in oireum5ference at the base and six feet from thes ground it has girth of seven feet. ~ C
 Nominating the tree, Mir. Mclllhaney sent in. the letter from Lowell, written years ago.. but four months before the noted poet died. It expresses his sympa- thy with the celebration of Arbor Day and his love of nature. It was written on the occasion of 'he planting of tree for Lowell, by the school children of Bath on his birthday February 22, 1891, anu follows:
 : I sympathize warmly with the gracious | object for the furthtGance of which Ar l bor Day. was institujted. I have planted ] many trees. and every summer they re- pay me with an abundant 'gratitude | There is not a leaf on them but whispers benediction. I often think of the Scottish | farmers words quoted by Scott: 'Baye
 stickin'. in a tree. look. twill be grown l while we're sleepin'' In my childhood I put a nut into the earth from which l sprang a horse chestnut tree, whose
 trunk has now a girth of eight feet, and | sustains a vast dome of verdure, the | haunt of birds and bees and of thoughts as cheery as thty. In planting a tree wc lay the foundation of structure of which i the sceasons (w.thout care of ours) shall be the builders and which shall be
 a joy to others when we are gone.
 T need not say how grtnt pleasure
 it is to me that.my young friends should
 decorate my memory with a tree of theN planting. wish I could be with then
 to throw, the. first shove!ful of earth up.
 on it's roots.
 | Another tree recently given a place ir
 the Hall of Famesis the Lincoln Tree
 at Augusta. Maine. It WAS a tiny shoo
 when placed on April IS, 1885. the day
 Lincoln died, by Mrs. Reuben. Partridge
 who had her sons. Charles. Frank ant
 Allen help her place the memorial ma pie. Mrs. Partridge Is still living ant
 as far as known planted the only memo
 r.c. tres to Lincoln on the day he died
 - mark the 77th anniversary of tn
 discovery of Lake Tahoe by Col. Ere mont, February 20. 1S44. the Kit Carso Tree, on which the scout had carved his name. has been given place in tn . by F. \. Fletcher of Carson City. New who sent sketch of the trees locatio
 made by MT. Preuss. the artist who ac = companifd the Fremont Expedition ths . left Kansas City. May, 1s4S. It wa . on that trip Fremont discovered thu beautiful lake. The old Fremont ca : at Alameda, Calf. under which Ere mont camped has hcen~ nominated for
 pace in the Hall of Fame.
 9 Arbor Day this spring in the vArior | states are:
 r AiabamS Feb. p; Arkansas. March 5 z l California; March z; Colorado, April 15
 Connecticut. April by proclamation Ida
 ho April by proclamation :. Illinois |
 proclamation Indiana, April 15 low . and Kansas by proclamation: .Marylan E April 8; Massachusetts. April 30; Micl
 igan. April 29 Minnesota. April b '- proclamation; Missouri. April 2; Mon e tana. May F Nebraska, April 22.; birtl . day of J. Sterling Morton); Nevada ar ,- New Hampshire. by proclamation Ne a Jersey. April 5 :; New Mexico. March T t. New York. Msy 6: Ohio, April by procl Il nation; Oklahoma, March 1S; oreeo e April s :: Pennsylvania by proclamation
 Rhode Island. May Is; South Dtakot r. April. mby. proclamation Texas. Fe Is 22; Utah. April 15.; Vermont. May. Il Virginia by proclamation; West Vi e- sinia, April q; Wisconsin, 6: Was
 ington, May 6; Wyoming, MayYs.