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JUST the other day Mrs. Louis Boex of Cincinnati 

 planted a silver maple in honor of her son Louis, 

 who was a gunner on the Ticonderoga. The state 

 of Indiana is urging memorial groves in each of her 

 ninety-two counties. The state forester of Massachu- 

 setts suggests that memorial forests be planted. Another 

 plan urges the employment of 

 returning soldiers in planting 

 such forests. Thus has the sug- 

 gestion by the American For- 

 estry Association that memorial 

 trees be planted in honor of the 

 sailors and soldiers, who gave 

 their lives in the battle against 

 autocracy, taken hold of the 

 public mind. The newspapers 

 are taking up the idea in edi- 

 torials urging planting of me- 

 morial trees. 



It is the aim of the American 

 Forestry Association to regis- 

 ter all such trees planted in 

 order that a record may be kept 

 for another generation and it 

 is requested that members of 

 the association keep the officers 

 informed of any such activities. 

 The members of the association 

 have a fine opportunity to bring 

 forestry to the fuller attention 

 of the American public by 

 means of this campaign and it 

 is urged that each member place 

 before any local memorial com- 

 mittee the suggestion that me- 

 morial trees be planted. Sug- 

 gest that the committee call 

 upon the state or city forester 

 for advice, and keep the Amer- 

 ican Forestry Association in- 

 formed of any developments 

 and plans for planting. 



Plans for memorial tree 

 planting take many forms. In 

 Indiana Richard Lieber, the 

 secretary of the Board of For- 

 estry, at the suggestion of 

 Governor Goodrich, proposes 

 to let each county decide the 

 size of its own grove to the 

 memory of their boys. Representatives from these coun- 

 ties will be urged to form a state organization, appoint 

 an executive committee and with the assistance of 

 artists and park experts lay down general principles of 



AS IF A GUARD OF HONOR 



The trees at the foot of the hill upon which stands the most 

 famous monument in the world. 



beauty, symmetry and expression to the groves. 

 From Kansas comes the heartiest indorsement of the 

 memorial tree plan by Governor Capper. He has turned 

 the suggestion over to the new administration with the 

 hope that Arbor Day in Kansas be the banner one in 

 the state's history by the planting of memorial trees along 



the motor highways crossing 

 that state. The Lincoln High- 

 way has big plans under way in 

 co-operation with the General 

 Federation of Women's Clubs 

 for the planting of memorial 

 trees along that route. In 

 Louisiana "Victory Oaks" are 

 to be planted along the Jeffer- 

 son Highway and the American 

 Forestry Association is getting 

 letters every day from state and 

 city foresters urging planting 

 along similar motor routes. 



The opportunity to beautify 

 the cities is one of the big 

 phases growing out of the me- 

 morial tree idea. In St. Louis 

 Park Commissioner Cunliff will 

 plant memorial trees along each 

 side of the famous Lindell 

 Boulevard. In Kansas City a 

 group plan memorial is being 

 discussed which offers a fine 

 opportunity for the planting of 

 memorial trees. In Baltimore 

 discussion is on for a memorial 

 in Mt. Vernon Place that will 

 include avenues and drives with 

 proper tree planting. Phila- 

 delphia is discussing a boule- 

 vard connecting the University 

 of Pennsylvania and Fairmount 

 Park. Such plans as these of 

 course include fine memorial 

 buildings and arches, but every- 

 where the conviction is growing 

 that trees as memorials should 

 be incorporated in the plans. 



Another suggestion that has 

 come to the American Forestry 

 Association is the one for mak- 

 ing the Community Christmas 

 Trees permanent, rather than 

 a new tree every year. C. P. Wilbur, acting state forester 

 of New Jersey, informs the association that there is a 

 permanent tree at Morristown, N. J., in the city park. 

 It would appear that here is a good suggestion for every 



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