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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



at appropriate distances around it or used along ave- 

 nues and roads leading to it. 



It seems, however, as if the service and the sacrifice 

 of America's sons in this great war call for something 

 more significant, something different from the customary 



A LIVING, GROWING MEMORIAL 



Walnut trees will not only furnish shade and add to the beauty of the 

 landscape and the nation's future timber supply but to its food resources 

 also. Planted individually along roadsides or elsewhere, or in groves, 

 they will stand as perennial reminders of the full measure of service 

 paid by America's sons who fell in France. 



marble and bronze. There are many reasons why trees 

 are most appropriate memorials for these men. It was 

 the trees of France which played a large part in helping 

 to hold and finally drive back the Hunnish hordes. 

 France sacrificed her forests, as she did her sons, that 

 right and justice might prevail. In this connection both 

 the sentimental and the practical value of tree planting 

 must be recognized, for it is helping to make up for the 

 awful losses of devastation at the same time that it is 

 a living, growing memorial. 



It was due to the careful planting and conservation 

 which had been practiced by the French for many years 

 previous to the war that, when the time came, her for- 

 ests were able to supply the vast quantities of wood 

 which was needed by the Allies for a thousand purposes. 

 This should be a great lesson to the United States. Its 

 forests constitute one of its greatest sources of wealth 

 and depletion must be overcome by new planting. 



The practical patriotism which is exemplified in the 

 planting of trees as memorials is emphasized by the sug- 

 gestion of Agnes Mildred Brennen,. of Niagara Palls, 

 New York, who voices the opinion that nut trees be 

 grown, thus combining food value with that of shade, 

 artistic beauty and future timber supply. In this con- 

 nection she says : 



"During the last four years more people of Europe 

 have died of starvation than were killed in the war. We 

 were called upon to feed the Allies, and this meant con- 

 servation of all food products. Now that peace is at 



hand we are not held strictly to a limited amount of any 

 one commodity, but we are not morally released from 

 conserving. Europe must be fed and it is plainly our 

 duty to furnish the food; not for a year or two but 

 until that time when she will be able to raise her own 

 food. The motto of the Hun was, 'Destroy Everything 1 

 and this he did most ruthlessly. We then, must adopt 

 for our slogan the motto of the war kitchens, 'Save 

 Everything.' We must now have our Victory Gardens 

 and make every available piece of ground work for 

 the cause of democracy. 



"The number of our native nut trees has diminished 

 during the past few years, while the quantity of nuts 

 consumed has steadily increased. The war has laid 

 waste the nut orchards of France and Italy and we can 

 no longer import from these countries. Why then, when 

 planting trees in commemoration of the deeds of our 

 heroes, would it not be wise to plant a goodly number 

 of those trees which will not only serve as a fitting me- 

 morial to our honored dead, but also furnish food for 



THE B1TTERNUT HICKORY 



This beautiful tree grows throughout the United States all the way from 

 the Canadian border to Florida. It is one of a number of varieties. 

 According to the American Forestry Association there are no hickories 

 growing in a state of nature outside of North America. 



suffering humanity ? It is unnecessary to elucidate upon 

 the value of nuts as food, which well understood by 

 the majority of people and is constantly becoming rec- 

 ognized by the people in general. Most nut trees require 

 less care than ordinary fruit trees and are longer lived. 



