planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling-place for those
who come after us, if not for ourselves.

--O.W. HOLMES.

_Seventh pupil._

"It is no exaggerated praise to call a tree the grandest and
most beautiful of all the productions of the earth."

--GILPIN, _Forest Scenery_.

_Eighth pupil._

"Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds are the fruits."

_Ninth pupil._

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the ship which will cross the sea.
We plant the mast to carry the sails;
We plant the planks to withstand the gales--
The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee;
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.

_Tenth pupil._