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mission which has charge of all tree planting in Phila- 

 delphia. Individuals who do not care to plant a tree of 

 their own are invited to join with some community group 

 in placing such memorial. The United States Marines 

 were among the first to ask permission to participate in 

 this patriotic undertaking; and they desire to plant a 

 whole avenue of trees. The members of the Civic Club 



Charles W. Henry, Mrs. Edward Stotesbury Lewis, Mrs. 

 J. Howard Rhoads, Mrs. John Frederick Lewis, Mrs. 

 W. Beaumont Whitney and Mrs. F. A. Rakestraw. 



In a recent communication, published in a local paper, 

 John R. Johnson, superintendent of parks, Passaic, New 

 Jersey, said : "We are too apt to look upon trees in a 

 more or less matter-of-fact way, as something Providence 



A FITTING MEMORIAL TO STRONG DEEDS, FOR IT IS THE "SYMBOL OF STRENGTH" 



flu- win] oak brings to mind the thought of long life and endurance. As a family the oaks are undoubtedly among the best of 

 for they are beautiful. long lived and little subject to di ,tase or insects. This monarch white oak is in central Maryland. 



committee which is interested in the movement are Mrs. 

 Howard W. Lewis, chairman; Mrs. Henry Wolf Bikle, 

 secretary; Mrs. Edward W. Kiddle, Mrs. Leon T. Ash- 

 craft, Mi>s Mary Blakiston, Miss Sophia Cadwalader, 

 Mrs. Charles Davis (lark, Mrs. L. Webster Fox, Mrs. 

 Rodman E Griscom, Mrs. Roger W. Griswold, Mrs. 



has fully provided for and of which there can be no 

 end. It seldom occurs to our mind that the pleasure we 

 received, and the comfort enjoyed from their presence, is 

 in great measure attributed to the forethought and activi- 

 ties of generations long since passed away." 



They are now erecting monuments in Ohio to "Apple- 



