Lathrop Peck, President of the American Forestrj' Association, and 

 Dr. George F. Kunz, President of the American Scenic and Historic 

 Preservation Society. 



Plantings by President and Mrs. Harding 



In memory of all the animals who lost their lives in the World 

 War, an elm was planted by President and Mrs. Harding, on October 

 17, 1821, on the White House grounds just south of the east entrance 

 to the house. This elm bears the distinction of being the first tree 

 planted as a memorial to our animal friends. It is five years of age, and 

 fifteen feet in height, and will be marked with a copper star, the 

 marker used by the American Animal Red Star Relief Association. 

 The ceremony took place in the presence of about one hundred spec- 

 tators, among whom were Mrs. Wilson Groshans, of Illinois, who 

 originated the idea of such a Memorial, and Mr. James P. Briggs, 

 President of the Humane Education Society of Washington, D. C. 



Lincoln Memorial Grounds 



The opening of Armistice Week was marked by the planting, on 

 November 7, 1821, of two American Elms on the Lincoln Memorial 

 Grounds at Washington, D. C. The trees, one of which was planted 

 for the allied armies, the other for the allied navies, were dedicated 

 by Charles Lathrop Peck, President of the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. They were placed at the head of the prospective avenue of 

 memorial trees to be planted by various governments. 



Mrs. Harding presented her tree planting trowel to members of 

 the American Legion, who planned to use it in Chicago on Armistice 

 Day at the opening of a Road of Remembrance, which will be several 

 miles in length. 



Burroughs Memorial Forest 



The boys of the Raymond Riordon School Conservation Unit, 

 under the Conservation Commission of the State of New York, have 

 finished planting the first section of the Burroughs State Memorial 

 Forest on Rose Mountain, New York. In memory of the famous 

 naturalist, the hill is to be rechristened Burroughs Mountain, and the 

 forest, largely composed of evergreens, is to be planted and cared 

 for by the boys of the State. 



Tree to Theodore Roosevelt 



On Theodore Roosevelt's sixty-second birthday, a white oak was 

 planted in memory of him, near his grave at Oyster Bay. The cere- 

 mony was arranged by the New York Bird and Tree Club, of which 

 club the Colonel was a member, and the first shovelful of earth was 

 thrown upon the roots of the tree by Mrs. Thomas Edison in behalf 

 of her husband. This planting is thought to have launched the move- 

 ment for commemorating Col. Roosevelt in this way all over the 

 country. 



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