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FIVE ELMS MEMORIAL FOR GREEN 



On the site of the old McGowan Pass 

 Tavern, Central Park, near the East Drive, 

 about opposite io6th Street, five of the 



largest trees ever planted in New York 

 City now stand, as part of a memorial to 

 Andrew H. Green, who, during his long 

 public career took an active part in the 

 building and maintenance of the park. 



Samuel Parsons, for thirty years land- 

 scape architect of the Park Department 

 and a friend of Mr. Green, suggested to the 

 Andrew H. Green Memorial Association 

 that one of the most fitting memorials 

 would be a group of big elms in the park, 

 says the New York Times. Col. Henry W. 

 Sackett, the president of the association, 

 and Dr. Edward Hagaman Hall, the secre- 

 tary, called a meeting of the association 

 and the suggestion was adopted. 



Mr. Parsons selected the trees at Elms- 

 ford, in Westchester county. Each is about 

 50 to 60 years old, and about 15 to 18 

 inches thick and weighs ten tons, so that 

 much care had to be taken in moving them. 

 Mr. Parsons and other tree experts su- 

 pervised the work. l]he present Park 

 Commissioner, Francis D. Gallatin, took an 

 active interest in the plan for the memorial 

 and gave the committee every assistance. 



In 1868 Mr. Green originated the plan 

 for the combination of the boroughs into 

 Greater New York, a proposal not carried 

 out until about thirty years later. He also 

 advised the plan for the consolidation of 

 the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations 

 as the New York Public Library, and as- 

 sisted in the establishment of the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History and the 

 Metropolitan Museum of Art. He found- 

 ed the New York Zoological Society and 

 was its president. 



FIRES IN PENNSYLVANIA 



Major R. Y. Stuart, Commissioner of 

 Forestry, has issued the following state- 

 ment concerning the forest fire situation : A 

 considerable number of forest fires are now 

 being reported to the Department of For- 

 estry. The Department's organization and 

 co-operating agencies are actively at work 

 doing all they can to prevent fires and to 

 extinguish promptly those that occur. Mate- 

 rial in the forest is now so dry that any fire 

 started may assume serious proportions in 

 spite of the most efficient methods used in 

 reaching and attacking it. Every citizen 

 of the state is earnestly requested to avoid 

 the use of fire in the woods so far as prac- 

 ticable. If fire is necessary, the utmost 

 care should be exercised in its use. Forest 

 fires in Pennsylvania are practically all of 

 human origin, and consequently are pre- 

 ventable. The loss they occasion is a 

 needless waste to the citizen and the State. 

 I hope every Pennsylvanian will recognize 

 the duty of good citizenship by cooperating 

 in every way that he can to put an end to 

 them. 



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A TREE TRAGEDY 

 This tree tragedy is being enacted in beau- 

 tiful Franklin Park in Boston. The black 

 oak, like a black snake, is swallowing a 

 white oak whole, while a hickory looks on. 

 All three trees are rooted on one spot. 

 The photograph is by Mr. Guy C. Cald- 

 well, of Cambridge. 



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