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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



although unfortunately it was killed in the rush of other 

 business, which provided for the appointment of a com- 

 mission to carry out the ideas of Colonel Hayes. 



Large cities and small towns all over the United States 

 are showing their approval of the memorial tree idea by 

 putting it into practice. The story of what some of them 

 are doing is an 

 i n s piration to 

 others. Almost 

 since the day of 

 the signing of 

 t h e armistice 

 the question of 

 memorials has 

 been a subject 

 of public dis- 

 cussion in near- 

 ly every city 

 and town 

 throughout the 

 country. It was 

 r e c ognized at 

 once that every 

 place would de- 

 sire to honor in 

 some perma- 

 n e n t manner 

 the service ren- 

 dered by those 

 who had died 

 or had offered 

 their lives for 

 their country. 

 In this discus- 

 sion there was 

 n e insistent 

 note, heard 

 time and time 

 again. This 

 was that the 

 memorial 

 should be 

 worthy. There 

 was frequent 

 e x p ression of 

 the opinion that 

 there should 1>e 

 no repetition of 

 some of the 

 "atroc i tics" 

 which had been 

 erected in 

 "honor" of 

 heroes of 



This is one of the most popular trees for planting, 

 to the sugar variety, except on wide streets with 

 Howard County, Maryland. 



lormer wars. 



The spirit which was back of these, it was acknowledged, 

 had been patriotic and worthy of highest praise ; but the 

 outward expressions in many instances, it was declared, 

 had been anything but ornamental and had therefore 

 been the subject of frequent criticism. Of tree plant- 



ing editors and others throughout the country have had 

 nothing but words of praise. It is most gratifying that 

 this should be so. 



In a letter which Vice-President Marshall has written 

 to the people of Collamer, Indiana, in his own home 

 county, the story of whose tree planting appeared in last 



m o n th's issue 

 of American 

 Forestry, there 

 is well epito- 

 mized the sen- 

 timent w h ich 

 has been stated 

 in other words 

 by hundreds of 

 other people. 

 The Vice- 1 'res- 

 ident said in 

 part : 



"The idea 

 appeals to me 

 far more than 

 storied urn or 

 animated bust. 

 It embodies a 

 living thing, 

 rep resentative 

 of a vital senti- 

 ment of the 

 American peo- 

 ple and I hope 

 it is going to be 

 u n i v e r s a lly 

 popular in 

 America " 



One of the 

 most active of 

 the larger cities 

 of the United 

 States in the 

 memorial tree 

 c a m p a ign is 

 Phil adelphia, 

 a 1 r eady noted 

 for its spacious 

 F a i r m o u n t 

 Park with 

 many acres of 

 beautiful trees 

 and for a com- 

 paratively large 

 number of trees 

 which it now 

 enjoys along 

 many of its 

 streets and in its suburbs. There the committee on 

 municipal art and tree planting of the Civic Club and 

 the Society of Little Gardens, are leading in the move- 

 ment to plant what they call "Tribute Trees." They will 

 work in co-operation with the Fairmount Park Com- 



A FINE (H. I) SI'CAR MAl'I.K 



For city streets the Norway maple is to be preferred 

 parking. The noble specimen here shown stands in 



