342 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The people of Lynn, Mass., have set an example in the preservation for 
public use of a large tract of wild land, which is already exciting such 
general admiration as proves the wisdom of their action, and to incite 
other towns to imitate them. The tract contains some 1,600 acres of wild 
land, comprising gigantic boulders, deep ravines and rocky summits and 
is very largely covered with forest, all of which is to be preserved inits 
natural character, or only so far developed by roads, paths and artificial 
structures as will make it available for use as a delightful place of resort. 
It is not even to be called a ‘‘Park,” but is to be known only as the ‘‘Lynn 
Wood,” and every one who has any just appreciation of natural beauty as 
contrasted with artificial imitations of it will recognize the value of such 
a possession, while those who are governed only by motives of worldly 
interest may learn from such an example that no better investment can 
be made by a town than such an addition to its attractions. 
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