MEMORIAL TREES PLANTED FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 



915 



" 'When you plant another tree, why not plant an 

 English Walnut Tree?' Luther Burbank says, then be- 

 sides sentiment and shade and leaves, you have a per- 

 renial supply of nuts, the improved kind of which furnish 

 the most delicious, nutritious and healthful food which 

 has ever been known." 



The oak, "symbol of strength," is suggested by the 

 North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, which 

 in a statement commenting on the me 

 morial tree plan says : 



"What more fitting memorials 

 could there be 

 than trees ! Not 

 monuments in 

 stone, never 

 c h a n ging, in- 

 different alike 

 to the seasons, 

 and the care of 

 1 o V ing hands ; 

 but beautiful 

 young trees, 

 growing ever 

 upward and 

 outward to- 

 ward the light, 

 like the souls 

 of those whom 

 we seek to 

 c o m memorate 

 and responding 

 daily to the 

 care bestowed 

 upon them. 



"The ideal 

 tree for this 

 purpose is one 

 that will thrive 

 in most situa- 

 tions, is resist- 

 ant to disease, 

 will live long, 

 is beautiful in 

 youth and will 

 be still more 

 b e a u t i f ul in 

 age. Such is 

 our American 

 white oak. It 

 grows slowly, 

 but no tree 

 arouses such 

 genuine admiration, affection and inspiration. Some 

 other oaks, such as the willow oak, red oak, pin oak, live 

 oak, and others are ideal for the different parts of North 

 Carolina in which they are native, but the white oak 

 thrives all over this State and in fact over practically all 

 the eastern United States. 



Courtesy of the Maryland \' ttt Nurseries 



"Let us plant oaks, the symbol of strength — and one 

 might almost say of immortality — as memorial trees, not 

 only singly on school or home grounds, but in parks and 

 more particularly in avenues along our important roads, 

 making our ways beautiful with their living beauty and 

 keeping alive the sacred memories of those whom we 

 love and shall always delight to honor." 



Memorial trees already have been planted in a num- 

 ber of communities, some by individuals, others by 

 churches, clubs and other organizations ; and plans 

 are being made in many other places to 



follow out the 

 American For- 

 estry Associa- 

 tion's s u g ges- 

 tion. It is most 

 g r a t ifying to 

 note the prompt 

 and wide re- 

 sponse to the 

 idea. A num- 

 ber of the 

 states through 

 their forest or 

 their highway 

 com m i ssions 

 are furthering 

 the movement 

 in a big way 

 and preparing 

 to plant entire 

 forests, groves 

 in the various 

 c o u n t ies and 

 thou sands of 

 trees along the 

 main roads. In 

 co-oper a t i o n 

 with the Amer- 

 i c a n Institute 

 of A r c hitects, 

 Portland, Ore- 

 gon, is working 

 out a compre- 

 hensive victory 

 memorial proj- 

 ect which in- 

 cludes beauti- 

 ful parks with 

 trees, a Liberty 

 Temple, me- 

 morial hospital 

 and a broad central driveway, with trees on either side 

 and smaller roadways, leading to the State Capital, with 

 wooded parking in other portions of the scheme. 



The plan outlined for St. Louis by the local chapter 

 of the American Institute of Architects provides for a 

 cross-town park system, with Chateau Thierry and St. 



