ROADSIDE PLANTING AS A MEMORIAL TO OUR 

 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 



BY PROF. R. B. FAXON 



WITH the interest that is being shown over the 

 entire country at the present time regarding the 

 planting of trees along our highways and through 

 many of the cities, towns, and villages to serve as me- 

 morials to our soldiers and sailors, it is interesting to note 

 that New York State has definitely under way a plan 

 whereby the unit of the State Highway running from 

 Syracuse to Utica is to be completely developed and the 

 planting so marked with suitable tablets to commemorate 

 the brave deeds of the sol- 

 diers and sailors in New 

 York State. This unit of 

 the highway is approximate- 

 ly sixty miles in length and 

 offers exceptional opportuni- 

 ties not only to serve as a 

 most fitting memorial for the 

 State's sons, but also to act 



whereby this initial demonstration planting may be put 

 into immediate effect, but that a further appropriation be 

 made for the carrying out of similar projects throughout 

 various counties of the State. It is felt that no object 

 could express more fully the respect and admiration held 

 for these men than that of tree planting along the State 

 Highway, for in the years that will come, each succeed- 

 ing year will add to their glory and charm. Co-operation 

 with other State bodies such as the Sons and Daughters 



A SECTION OF COUNTRYSIDE WELL ADAPTED FOR TREE PLANTING 



as a demonstration planting for other sections of the 

 State interested in this work. 



The New York State College of Forestry, under its 

 State-wide Extension Service, has co-operated with the 

 New York State Motor Federation in the construction 

 of this plan and at the present time the preliminary 

 survey of this section of the highway is fully completed. 

 It is planned during the coming year that not only the 

 final planting plan is to be made available, but that active 

 work in planting may be started. A bill recommending 

 the planting along the State highways is soon to be placed 

 before the State Legislature where it is hoped that not 

 only a sufficient appropriation will be made available 



A NATIVE PLANTING ON A 

 BEAUTIFUL CURVE OF ROAD 



of the American Revolu- 

 tion is to be sought and it 

 is hoped that New York 

 State may find a worthy 

 pride in its achievements 

 along this line. 



The matter of roadside 

 planting, or as may be 

 termed, the utilization of 

 our roadside areas, has been given considerable momen- 

 tum during the past five or ten years, and should with 

 this added incentive of serving as a memorial planting 

 be brought to a point within the early future, when we 

 may look for more definite results. 



There are many elements which enter into considerable 

 prominence and importance in the matter of roadside 

 planting and these should be given consideration if the 

 greatest amount of benefit is to be secured from such 

 plantings. It must first be recognized that tree planting 

 along our improved highways, if properly done and main- 

 tained, will be of considerable practical value aside from 

 that of ornamentation. That such trees can be of great 



