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I have not from my own personal 'iewpoint and information, in 

 tlii.s paper, or at any time, undertaken to name in detail the entire 

 species or varieties of useful trees and shrubs to be used in planting 

 roadsides. I would rather leave that feature cf detail to the authori- 

 ties in charge, having, as I do, the utmost confidence in excellent State 

 Highway Officials' desire and ability, in co-operation with proper 

 State Departments, to satisfactorily perform this work. 



I am sure State Highway Departments will naturally use largely 

 among trees the nut bearers and the others referred to. I am sure, too, 

 Departments of Agriculture will take into consideration the great bird 

 life of our nation not alone from a sentimental standpoint, or for the 

 delight we take in viewing and listening tc these feathered songsters, 

 but for the most important reason of all, viz : that they kill in count- 

 less numbers insects intolerable to us, and devour great quantities of 

 seeds of noxious weeds. The abnormal increase of either of these 

 pests would be most calamitous, and could absolutely destroy much of 

 life as we know it today. 



The subject of useful roadside planting covers the movement too, 

 that is establishing beautiful Roods of Remembrance, by the planting 

 of monumental trees (an enobling idea) throughout our land. 



No otiier monument can be more fitting to those who have fought 

 our country's battles or achieved fame in heroic eff"orts for bettering 

 humanity, than these Roads of Remembrance being constructed in 

 every state, instilling as they do and will, true patriotism in the minds 

 of all, young and old alike. 



The house upon any properly planted roadway, will be a happier 

 home, a more pleasant abiding place, and a much more valuable piece 

 of property than one upon a bare, unplanted road. 



The University of ^Nliichigan's part in scientific road construction 

 plans, in state and Nation, has been invaluable. Neither has any 

 other institution in America taken a more prominent part in the problem 

 of reforestation of our country's 100 million acres almost abandoned, 

 that have been so severely cut for timber alone and later burned over 

 that they have become an unproductive waste, equal in area to the 

 combined forests of eight European Nations. Now as we meet the 

 question of "Useful Roadside Planting" to reforest a mighty area, I 

 wish to give credit also to a U. of M. man, a member of this Associa- 



