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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



trees are planted on Uni- 

 versity Avenue in a double 

 row thus forming an ave- 

 nue of trees that connect 

 the University and Tusca- 

 loosa. Fred. R. Maxwell, 

 Jr., of the Post, was the 

 chairman of the tree plant- 

 ing committee. Another 

 tree planted in Alabama 

 was for Lieutenant Pilot 

 Meredith Roberts, who was 

 killed flying over the enemy 

 lines. The tree was plant- 

 ed by the Pelham Chapter 

 of the United Daughters of 

 the Confederacy. All these 

 trees are being registered on 

 the national honor roll the 

 Association is compiling. 



The reports of plantings are coming in from every 

 section of the country. California is making a fine 

 record. The San Francisco Native Sons and Native 

 Daughters of the Golden West celebrated Arbor Day by 



CHILDREN PLANTING TREES IN 

 JERUSALEM 



Recent news dispatches make the following announce- 

 ment: 



Three thousand school children of Jerusalem, cele- 

 brating the Jewish Arbor Day recently, planted 500 

 trees in the suburbs of the Holy City, inaugurating 

 the afforestation program of the Zionists to plant 

 a million trees this year in Palestine, according to a 

 report from the Zionist Commission in Jerusalem. 



During 1919, 369,000 trees were planted in the effort 

 to restore Palestine's forests, wantonly destroyed by 

 Turkish misrule and by the war. The afforestation of 

 Palestine, because of its importance in the agricultural 

 rejuvenation of the country and in providing lumber 

 for construction work of the future, is considered one 

 of the most important projects that the Zionists are 

 attempting in the Holy Land. 



planting thirty-seven Cali- 

 fornia oak trees along the 

 State Highway at Ingle- 

 side Terrace. The planting 

 was in honor of thirty- 

 seven fallen heroes. A 

 post was placed by each 

 tree bearing a brass plate 

 with a suitable inscription 

 and the name of the hero 

 in whose honor the tree was 

 planted. 



The Lodi Women's Club, 

 Civic Section, planted trees 

 along the State Highway 

 near the entrance to the 

 town for a distance of 

 nearly a mile. Oriental 

 plane trees were planted 

 upon the recommendation 

 of the State Board of Forestry. The Board of Forestry 

 also furnished instructions for planting and supporting 

 the young trees. The State Highway Commission will 

 see that the trees are properly watered. At Fernley, 



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PLANTING THE MEMORIAL TREE AT WALTER REED HOSPITAL 



Following the presentation of the bronze marker for the memorial tree planted at Walter Reed, U. S. A. General Hospital at Washington. 

 D. C. by Mrs. Walter Reed, the widow of the Army surgeon, Chaplain Daily accepted the tree on behalf of the American Legion Post 21, 

 of which Lieut. Paul Foote is the commander. The tree was placed on the bend in the main drive and overlooking the sunken garden that 

 is opposite the administration building. The landscape plans are being made by Prof. David Lumsden of Cornell. 



