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greatly increase the area occupied by the present Botanic 

 Garden ; it appears now to be a settled fact that a tract 

 of very considerable extent adjoining the present 

 grounds on the south, and, topographically, quite ideal 

 for the purpose, will be acquired through an act of Con- 

 gress, if, indeed, this has not already been done. It is 

 said that the addition in question can be rendered quite 

 picturesque through various improvements which Mr. 

 Hess has already sketched out. 



All this is of extreme importance ; for, once properly 

 established and developed, the Garden would become 

 one of the great educational centers of the world, and 

 several millions of people would annually visit it, as they 

 now do in the case of extensive zoological gardens and 

 great aquaria, such as the one in New York City. 



There is no question as to the enormous value of a 

 botanic garden as an educational enterprise. This goes 

 without the saying. As a matter of fact, our United States 

 Botanic Garden should receive from the Government at 

 least double what it annually gets for its proper sup- 

 port and development. 



"Make me a home in the forest, 

 Where its shadozvs linger deep 



Where truth shall know my spirit, 

 And the pines their vigil keep." 



Harry T. Fee. 



HER TREE 



She sowed a seed of Sorrow in the earth, 

 .\nd oh, she watered it with bitter tears ! 



And then she turned her to her daily tasks 

 And set her face toward the coming years ! 



-She could not stop to nurture it. nor tend. 



Xor even watch its growth, unless she drew 

 Her time and strength away from all the cares 



That each day brought yet strong and straight 

 it grew ! 



Frost did not kill nor hot suns wither it, 

 And it became, as years went by, a tree! 



And passers-by would gather at her door. 

 For oh. its blossoms, they were fair to see I 



And they would rest a while beneath its shade, 

 -And rise, refreslied at last rejoiced that they 



Who journeyed wearily along the road 



Had found the tree she planted by the way ! 



And oft she heard them murmur, as they went, 

 A blessing on the planter of the tree ! 



lUit oh, they called it by another name 

 They said it was the tree of Sympathy ! 



Roselle Mercier Montgomery. 



Reprinted by courtesy of the N. Y. Times 



THE GHOST FOREST 



By Yvonne Jarrett 



l''ire-ravished trees stand stark and white 



Beneath a sombre sky. 

 And charred and blackened branches 



Like a stricken army lie. 



No sound of living thing disturbs 



The silence, night or noon ; 

 No bird is brave enough to sing 



Its song o'er such a tomb. 



But in the wind you sometimes hear 



A whisper, soft, a sigh, 

 As though the spirits of the trees 



Were keeping watch nearby. 



Until the rising sun breaks through 



And folds each ghostly form 

 In a robe of silver radiance . 



To greet the coming morn. 



Portland Oregoniau. 



npO remove weed trees from the woodlot is as important 

 *- as it is to weed the garden; besides you can burn the 

 wood provided by crooked, defective trees, and from 

 those that are not good timber species. 



A 



S great oaks from little acorns, so a chip on the 

 shoulder may become a stumbling block to progress. 

 Uinta Digest. 



