Arbor Day: Its History, Observation, Spirit and Significance, Volume 3Robert Haven Schauffler |
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... covered with the accumu- lating leaves of ages , huge sponges from which trickle the supplies of streams . To cut the forests recklessly is to dry up the rivers . It is a crime against the whole community , and scholars and statesmen ...
... covered with the accumu- lating leaves of ages , huge sponges from which trickle the supplies of streams . To cut the forests recklessly is to dry up the rivers . It is a crime against the whole community , and scholars and statesmen ...
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... covering of ice , the buds bursting their bonds and the trees putting forth their leaves and flowers present an old , but this year an especially welcome , miracle . In the years that have past we have learned some things that are ...
... covering of ice , the buds bursting their bonds and the trees putting forth their leaves and flowers present an old , but this year an especially welcome , miracle . In the years that have past we have learned some things that are ...
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... covering them with damp moss or dipping them in a thin mud made by mixing rich soil and water , and then wrapping them with a coarse damp cloth or canvas . If the removal and resetting can be done on a cloudy day so much the better ...
... covering them with damp moss or dipping them in a thin mud made by mixing rich soil and water , and then wrapping them with a coarse damp cloth or canvas . If the removal and resetting can be done on a cloudy day so much the better ...
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... covered by young timber than anything else . The parent who would invest a few thousand for the benefit of his children or grandchildren , while young , may buy woodlands which will be worth twenty times their present cost within the ...
... covered by young timber than anything else . The parent who would invest a few thousand for the benefit of his children or grandchildren , while young , may buy woodlands which will be worth twenty times their present cost within the ...
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... covered hill , far over the field . It might be the echo which was heard ; or perhaps the words were spoken by ... covering on the field and on the hill did not glitter as it had done ; but the white form , Winter himself , still sat ...
... covered hill , far over the field . It might be the echo which was heard ; or perhaps the words were spoken by ... covering on the field and on the hill did not glitter as it had done ; but the white form , Winter himself , still sat ...
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American elm apple apple-tree April Arbor Day beauty beech birds bloom blossoms blue boughs branches breath bright buds child color dark deep delight earth eyes feet fields flowers forest fruit glory grass grove grow growth heart heaven HENRY CUYLER BUNNER HENRY VAN DYKE HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hills Houghton interest JOHN RUSKIN land leaf leaves live look maple Mifflin mountains nature never odors OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES permission pine plants a tree poplar pruning Pupil rain ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER roots school garden school grounds school-house season seeds seems shade shadow shrubs SIDNEY LANIER sing snow soil song soul spring stand summer sunshine sweet thee things thou thought timber tion transplanted tree-planting trunk vines violet waste wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT WILSON FLAGG wind winter witch-hazel wonder woodland woods youth