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Twenty-third President of the United States. OAUOtiN 



WK are privileged to present our readers 

 with an excellent portrait of General 

 Harrison, who was a firm advocate of 

 arboriculture. It was through the substantial 

 aid, words of encouragement, and constant friend- 

 ship of Senator Harrison a quarter of a century 

 ago, that the Editor of Arboriculture was 

 enabled to pursue the study of American forests 

 and lay the foundation of the work in which he is 

 now engaged. 



As President of the United States Mr. Harrison 

 was foremost in advocacy of forest perpetuation. 

 Several large reservations of forest lands were 

 selected by him and withdrawn from public 

 sale. Upon the organization of this Society the 

 Ex-President was first to join it and give us 

 encouragement in our work. 



