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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ONE OF A THOUSAND ELMS PLANTED NEAR SEATTLE 



These elms were dedicated to the soldier dead of the state of Washington, being planted along eight miles of road near Seattle. 

 On next Armistice Day sixteen hundrea more elms will be planted and Tacoma is expected to plant the remaining thirteen 

 miles of road and thus, before many years have passed, the two cities will be linked by a beautiful green "Memorial Way." 



of trees along a Road of Remembrance. On a smaller 

 scale perhaps any organization can do the same thing 

 and it is an assured fact that any nnmicipality that has 

 forward looking men and women, can have a memorial 

 park whch all its citizens can enjoy. That is what 

 Charlotte, Michigan, did and many other towns are doing. 

 The Roads of Remembrance plan is making for better 

 intra-community spirit everywhere. 



The American Forestry Association wants all to 

 celebrate this year. This tree-])lanting is part of 

 its educational campaign to bring to the people the 

 importance of forestry and increases interest in the per- 

 petuation of our forests. The State of Michigan is al- 

 most denuded of its pine. The state imports lumber to 

 keep her factories going. Dr. Filibert Roth, of the 

 University of Michigan, shows how the po])ulation in 

 many counties has fallen oflf as the forests have van- 

 ished. Dr. Herman von Schrenk, of St. Louis, declares 

 the same thing with regard to the southern half of Mis- 



souri. It is the same story in Pennsylvania and in many 

 other states. 



We are just awakening to the possibilities of tree 

 planting. The trees are monuments with a meaning for 

 they live gloriously just as did those for whom they are 

 planted. The glory is the thing to tell the world. Our 

 sorrow is a private, personal affair and needs no telling 

 in bronze or stone. Instead let us plant trees to tell of 

 their glory, for that is the way they who went forth to 

 the great adventure would have it. Plant the tree with 

 an appropriate ceremony. The American Forestry 

 Association will send a tree-day program and sug- 

 gestions on what to plant to anyone who asks for it. 

 Here is a semi-centennial in which everybody can take 

 part. Organize schools and your community for in no 

 other way can the community spirit be brought out as 

 by tree planting. Can your town look ahead? It is not 

 so long when you look back fifty years, so take that look 

 forward and plant trees now. 



Register Your Memorial Trees In the National Honor Roll of the 



American Forestry Association. 



