Arbor Day in the Primary Room.

Tiny Trees.

(Recitation in concert for very little children.)

By SUSIE M. BEST.

The children representing the pine, each carry a branch of the tree. A banner bearing the word "Oak" in large letters is carried by the second division. The children in the third set wear a crown marked with the word "Elm." The "Palm speakers wear bands upon their sleeves. The fifth verse is spoken by children carrying leaves and branches.

Pine.-We are five little tots that march in line,
And we each of us bear a branch of pine.
And why do we do it? Don't you know?
'Tis because we love the pine-tree so !

Oak. We are five little tots that greet your sight,
And we each one carry a banner bright,
Look at it and you'll plainly see
The name of a brave old forest tree.

Elm.-We are five little tots that form a ring,
And as we circle around, we sing,

"Oh, look, on our foreheads bright and fair
A crown with the name of the 'elm' we wear!"

Palm. We are five little tots that "make-believe"
Our name is the name that's on our sleeve;
If you barely glance you'll be sure to read
The name of the "palm," for it's plain indeed!

Branches. We are five little tots that want to say
In summer time we are glad to play
Under the shade of the spreading trees,
For it's there we get the coolest breeze.

Together. We are all little tots, too small to know
The names of all of the trees that grow,
But we're sure of this—their presence here
Makes our old gray world a pleasant sphere.

The gentle breezes tender

That rustle the tree-tops high,
Will whisper to it, how stately
It may be, in the bye-and-bye.

And the rain, and the dew, will moisten
And freshen the rootlets slight,

And we soon shall see, in our spreading tree,

A rare and beauteous sight.

And the birds will seek its shelter,

How glad we then shall be,

That on Arbor-day in the joyous May

We planted a fair young tree.

Let us then rejoice and sing,

That in the gladsome spring

The spring-time of our lives and of the year, We have marked again the day

Which we welcome every May

And have planted thus a tender sapling here.