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country of a chain of parks and timber reservations 

 belonging to a city, and devoted to the recreation and 

 uplifting of its whole population. These parks are a 

 refuge for wild flowers that agriculture has exterminated, 

 and for wild birds that towns have driven out. They 

 are the precious heritage of the people and should never 

 pass out of their hands." -Julia E. Rogers, The Tree 

 Book. 



