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Title: Tree growing in the public schools
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954 Greene, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1889-1974
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
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(C) (B) (A) FIG. 5. THE MONTEREY TREE GUARD; (A) ON THE FORM; (B) COMPLETE;(C) ENCLOSING A YOUNG TREE The writer believes that if the trees planted before the end of theschool year are set out in cans and are well mulched after planting,they will live without any water during the first summer if they aregiven a thorough soaking at the close of school. But the problemof caring for young seedlings in cans, boxes, beds or nursery onschool grounds will have to be solved by the pupils themselves. 16
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17 Children have developed enough civic pride or patriotism to volun-teer such attention as is necessary to bring the trees through thelong vacation. Why not your school? Where a regular janitoris employed the problem is easy. Trees in cans may be takenhome and a few attractive prizes should bring results. Where thereis a will, there is a way. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS Tree study and tree growing form most attractive topics fornature-study and agricultural clubs. Children love tree-study ex-cursions whether in Central Park, New York City, or in the mountainwilds of our own State. They respond to wise leadership. They mayknow more of local nature lore than their teacher at the beginningbut their teacher should know how to open their eyes to wonders andmysteries they never dreamed of in the commonest roadside trees.Figure (6) is a picture of the Monterey Tree Growing Club. Therecording of local nature observations has interested thousands ofchildren in the schools of Nova Scotia. Make a list

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