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and syrup ! Watch for your strongest forms of the 

 ' ' Rock Maple," gather the seed and send it to the children 

 in the cities. If you are living in the city write to your 

 " country cousins," and they will send you seed by mail. 

 America leads the world in push and enterprise, 

 and she must also lead the way in the reforesting 

 of the waste lands of the world ; and you, dear 

 children, are the ones on whom this duty will fall. 

 So get ready to play your part, so that future his- 

 tory will record the facts that your labors were "well 

 done." 



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