BOYS OF THE TREES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 24

BOYS OF THE TREES

We all know the good society called the Men: of the Tr^es, which seeks to inculcate a "tree sense," and to further the planting of trees everywhere, writes a tree-lover in the "Children's Newspaper." It is much needed, for the destruc-' tion of fine trees proceeds apace, at the demand of. motorists and speculative builders. What the tree lover can do for himself and for the future is to resolve to plant trees every year, or, if he has •not land or garden in which to plant to protect existing trees, in every possible way and to resist the vandals who seek to destroy them. Even a small garden may be gladdened and shaded by a single maple or, golden kowhai, the cost of either being a few shillings. One who has planted thousands of trees has written:. I love to know how many trees are greeting The spring because I gave them second birth; That trees of mine will witness lovers meeting ■ < When I shall be substantiate with the earth. Ah! make what garden plot your eye may please, But do not die till you have planted trees! Men of the Trees were once boys. We want all boys to. grow up to be | tree lovers, tree planters, tree defenders.