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blossomed with the grape arid the olive, whence came the wine and oil 

 ■of commerce, now are treeless, vineless waste places, affording only 

 sheds to hurl destructive floods on valleys yet fruitful. We must heed 

 these lessons ; we must plant trees and encourage others to plant, that 

 we may save our fair land as a fruitful heritage for succeeding genera- 

 tions. 



After a song the Society adjourned until the semi-annual meeting. 



