The state's Department of Environmental Conservation says the holiday, first celebrated in 1872, was created to encourage farmers and settlers to plant trees for shade and lumber. For us today, it's a good time to help our environment by adding to the tree population.
And it's also a good time to look at some of the Bullis "tree books" to get ideas about the kind to plant as well as how to identify and care for those that may be currently growing in and around our neighborhoods.
So we invite you to stop by the Bullis Room and look through some of these "oldie but goody" books. And then, we can all get out our shovels, dig a hole, and plant a tree.
Here's a list of some of the "tree books" you can find in the Bullis Room:
Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them
Author: Harriet Louise Keeler
Publisher: C. Scribner Sons, 1900
A Guide to Trees
Author: Alice Lounsberry
Publisher: F. A. Stokes, 1900
What May Be Learned From a Tree
Author: Harland Coultas
Publisher: Appleton, 1860
Handbook of the Trees of the Northern States and Canada,
East of the Rocky Mountains
Author: Romeyn Beck
Publisher: R.B. Hough, 1924, C1907
Familiar Trees and Their Leaves, Described and Illustrated
Author: Ferdinand Schuyler Matthews
Publisher: Appleton, 1911
Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, Hardy in North America
Author: Alfred Rehden
Publisher: Macmillan, 1934
Oh - one more thing - a trivia question! What is New York's state tree?
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