Joyous we, all of us, feel their glad power.

Shovel and spade, trowel and hoe,
Carefully dig up the quick-yielding ground;
Make we a bed, softly lay low
Each little root with the earth spread around;
Snug as a nest, the soil round them pressed,
This is the home that the rootlings love best.

_Refrain._

Moisten and soften the ground, ye Spring Rains;
Swell ye the buds, and fill ye the veins,
Bless the dear tree, bountiful Sun;
Warm thou the blood in the stem till it run;
Hasten the growth, let leaves have birth,
Make it most beautiful thing of the earth.

_Refrain._

--[DR. E.P. WATERBURY]


=3. RECITATIONS.=

NOTE.--One or more of the recitations may be given with the
planting of each tree, the number depending upon the number
of trees planted.

_First pupil._