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cussion of such parks at public meetings would tend 

 to bring about a general knowledge and approval of 

 this proposed feature of public life, which would 

 add to the joy of living. 



STATE PARKS 



The desirability of having state parks may be 

 illustrated by considering a state having a certain 

 amount of frontage on a large body of water like the 

 ocean. The interior counties would have no such 

 frontage, but the dwellers in these counties would 

 desire to visit the ocean. A state park would give 

 them the privilege of doing so without trespassing 

 on private property or paying exorbitant prices 

 for the privilege of looking at the sea. Instead of 

 the ocean, states might have other natural features 

 that should be preserved for the benefit of all its 

 people. Each state, for example, should have large 

 areas of forest to be used for the combined objects 

 of recreation and the production of lumber. 



The province of the landscape-gardener in regard 

 to township, county, and state parks would be to 

 advise in regard to the location, the areas to be in- 

 cluded, and the treatment required. He should be 

 able to see their natural beauty and point this out 



