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Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, a trustee of 

 one of the legacies, has devoted its income to beautifi- 

 cation of Fairmount Park, providing a few lectures 

 on forest botany and forestry, and collecting a forestry 

 library, while the other legacy has been used by the 

 Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agri- 

 culture to aid the botanical gardens at Harvard and 

 the Arnold Arboretum, besides offering the prizes for 

 tree planting referred to above. 



3. Development of a Forest Policy. 



This first period of desultory efforts to create public 

 opinion on behalf of a more conservative use of forest 

 resources was followed by a more systematic propa- 

 ganda, in which the Division of Forestry, growing out 

 of the agency in the Department of Agriculture, took 

 the lead. This it did officially as well as by assisting 

 the American Forestry Association, soon after organ- 

 ized with a view of educating public opinion. For 

 15 years, the chief of the Division acted either as 

 Secretary or Chairman of the Executive Committee 

 of the Association. 



The first forestry association had been formed on 

 January 12, 1876, in St. Paul, Minn., largely through 

 the efforts of Leonard B. Hodges, who was the first 

 to make plantations in the prairies for the St. Paul 

 and Pacific Railroad. This association was aided by 

 State appropriations, which enabled it to offer pre- 

 miums for the setting out of plantations, to distribute 

 plant material, and also to publish and distribute 

 widely a Tree Planters' Manual, revised editions of 

 which were issued from time to time. 



In 1875, Dr. John A. Warder issued a call for a 



