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all that pertains to trees in both country and city. “An example 
of successful cooperation in neighborhood tree planting,’ was 
the subject of an especially interesting and suggestive talk by 
Mr. George C. Wood, of the department of biology of the 
Boys’ High School, Brooklyn. Mr. Wood has been active in 
organizing the citizens of the block in which he lives into an 
association known as “The Lincoln Place ‘Tree Association.” 
note on the work of this organization appears on page 21 of this 
issue. 
At the close of the program as announced, Mr. Levison ex- 
hibited a number of colored lantern views of trees and the part 
they play in the Brooklyn parks and streets. We refer below 
to the work of the Junior Department of the association. 
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ORGANIZATION OF CHILDREN FOR THE PLANTING 
OF TREES 
At the suggestion of Miss Margaret W. Carmichael, of the 
Children’s Museum, there has been organized a Junior Depart- 
ment of the American Association for the Planting and Preserva- 
tion of City Trees. This department now has a membership of 
about 250 boys and girls of from 6 or 7 to 15 or 16 years of 
’ age. Every member is provided with a badge in the form of a 
small metal pin, on which is embossed a pine tree and the name 
of the organization. Each member is required to subscribe to a 
pledge, which contains a promise “to study, to protect, and to 
help plant trees whenever and wherever called upon.” 
The membership is divided into chapters, of which ten have 
been organized. Each chapter has its own officers, and confines 
its work to a definite section of the city. The active practical 
work of the Junior Department has found expression, among 
other ways, in the collection of waste paper, tinfoil, and old 
rubber. The material is sold, and the proceeds are devoted to 
furthering the purposes of the organization. The gathering of 
this material has the added advantage of giving the members 
at once some definite practical work to do. Up to last October 
the children had collected the almost incredible amount of over 
one ton of paper, 100 pounds of rubber, and 25 pounds of tinfoil. 
