HARRISBURG'S MUNICIPAL FOREST 



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Each Child Made a Hole in Which to Place a White Pine Seedling 



their school through green 

 woods to do their part 

 in setting out little pine 

 trees? Nature was all 

 dressed uy for the occasion ; 

 the showy flowers of the 

 dogwood and Judas tree 

 dotted against the pale 

 green background of the 

 bursting leaf buds of the 

 elm, sassafras, maple and 

 oaks, made a glorious pic- 

 ture. The floor of the 

 woods was beautifully car- 

 peted with young shoots of 

 grass and myriads of wild 

 flowers. 



Gathering the children 

 into a large circle in an 

 open place, the exercises 

 were opened by singing 

 "Pennsylvania." Miss Mira 

 L. Dock, of the American 

 Forestry Association and 

 Chairman of the Forestry 

 Committee of the General 

 Federation of Women's 

 Clubs, addressed the chil- 

 dren. Being formerly a 

 Harrisburger, she told of 

 her joy in being back again 

 to help with what she 

 termed, "the realization of 

 her fondest dream restor- 

 ing Wildwood to its natural beauty." Deputy Commissioner of Forestry of 

 In appreciation of her remarks the the State of Pennsylvania, I. C. 

 children sang "Planting a Tree." Williams, then told the children that 



Forester Mueller Distributing Trees to the Children 



