Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island . . received this namefrom the manner in which the leaves areclustered at the buds of the branches formingan umbrella like structure. Most remark-able of all om- magnolias is the great leavedspecies in which the leaves and flowers bothgrow to enormous size. OAK. Theie are many different kindsof oak found in this State; the scarlet oak,white oak, black oak, swamp oak, and redoak being the more common ones. Withseveral species the leaves are very persistentand harg upon the trees neaily all winterlong. The blossoms of
Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island . . received this namefrom the manner in which the leaves areclustered at the buds of the branches formingan umbrella like structure. Most remark-able of all om- magnolias is the great leavedspecies in which the leaves and flowers bothgrow to enormous size. OAK. Theie are many different kindsof oak found in this State; the scarlet oak,white oak, black oak, swamp oak, and redoak being the more common ones. Withseveral species the leaves are very persistentand harg upon the trees neaily all winterlong. The blossoms of these fine trees are veryinconspicuous. They appear rather late inMagnolia (White) ^1^^ ^^j ^^ ^^^^^ ^^e same time as the leaves. There is an old saying among the farmers of New England that it is time to plantthe corn when the leaves of the oak are as large as a mouses ear. At this time the blos-soms are beginning to open. The different kinds of oak put out their leaves and different times extending over nearly a month. The first blossoms are those of the. 20 red oak, which may appear in late April or early May. The other species follow along insuccession for several weeks and there are usually blossoms upon white and scarlet oakson Arbor Daj. There are with all the oaks two kinds of flowers. The sterile ones are borne uponslender drooping catkins which hang in clusters from the twigs while the fertile flowers arevery small and are very rarely noticed by any one. The fruit of the oak tree is an acorn,which is a peculiar form of nut. These nuts mature slowly and hang on the tree all sum-mer long, and in many cases it takes two seasons for them to ripen. This is the case withthe common red and black oaks, and these trees have acorns upon their branches at alltimes. TULIP TREE. This tree is thecommon representative of the magnoliafamily in this State. It is a large, rap-idly growing tree and is very useful,both as a shade tree and for the valu-able wood which
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