preserving the natural curiosities of the state. It is to be 

 hoped that these interested parties can get together before 

 another legislature meets and secure the passage of some 

 measure which will preserve this curiosity to future genera- 

 tions. 



I 



THE FORESTER'S LAMENT. 

 Anon. 



long for the land of the pinus palustris 

 Where the liriodendron is bursting to bloom, 



Where taxodium dictichum faithful, industr'ous, 

 Is waving in sadness o'er Clementine's tomb. 



'Twas under the spreading hicoria pecan 

 We pledged our fond love by the light of the stars; 



"If any be faithful," we whispered, "then we can," 

 While leaning at eve o'er the fraxinus bars. 



A fruit of the Psidium Guaiava (the guava) 



She pressed in my hand as I bade her farewell; 



But her love, hot as lava, grew cold as Ungava, 

 And my hopes, like the frost-bitten autumn leaves, fell. 



They planted catalpa, the fair speciosa, 



They planted the bush and the tree and the vine, 



They planted a sprig of robinia viscosa, 

 And, underneath these, planted poor Clementine. 



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