ARBOR DAY AT THE MASTERTON HIGH SCHOOL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8495, 26 July 1907, Page 5

ARBOR DAY AT THE MASTERTON HIGH SCHOOL.

For several days past preparations have been in progress in anticipation of the celebration of Arbor Day at the Masterton School. To suit the convenience of the School Committee the work of planting was postponed from Wednesday, the day fixed by the Government for Arbor Day, until yesterday. In the playgrounds a belt of shelter trees (photinia serrulata) to tlfe number of thirty were planted, and the ground neatly fenced. In the recreation ground some twenty deciduous trees (silver birch, sycamore and ash) were put in, to replace others that had died oat. In the agricultural plots section, a splendid collection of veronicas presented by Mr E. Hale, of the Te Ore Ore Nursery, were planted by a detachment of boys under Mr W. M. Easthope. Small fruits (currants, gooseberries and strawberries) were planted in the plots which have been specially prepared to give tuition in the proper management of these trees and plants. In addition to this the fences have been wired for the cultivation of stone fruits on the Espalier system. In all, over a hundred trees, shrubs and plants were put in under the surpervision of the headmaster and his assistants.