I The eighth and ninth grades also set
I out two rock maple trees in spaces
that were vacant in the tree line about
the yard. Earth was taken out in a
circle of about seven feet in diameter
and in the hole was placed rich loam
that had been taken from the hillside
near the school by the help of the
j scholars. Exercises in honor of the
day were held in all the rooms.
At tne Smith street school trees
and shrubs were set out by the pupils
and appropriate exercises held.
At the public library there are on
exhioition pictures and drawings of
the various trees which are familiar
to New England people and more es
pecially in Connecticut.
Arbor day saw the work finished of
setting out the shrubs and trees at
Wilkinson park, as the beautiful little
park near Cargill falls is becoming
known to Putnam people. Nearly 150
shrubs from the Bowditch nurseries
at Pomfret were set out while ivy
has been planted so that it will soon
cover the walls a'vl rocks. On the
street side of the park elm trees
have been placed and maples, birches
and beeches have been set out at
various places about the grounds.
Probably there are few people who
know that a grandchild of the famous
Charter Oak is growing in Wilkinson
park, but such is the case, and it is
through the kindness of the D. A. R.
that it graces the place. The Charter
Oak blew down in, Hartford in 1856
but in 1844 a slip from the oak had
been set out by the father of John M.
