86 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



About that time a religious enthusiast felt bound to draw 

 sermons from the stones by printing thereon a little spiritual 

 advice, and he thought there was an excellent place to dis- 

 play his sermon, so he printed thereon: "Prepare to meet thy 

 God." Mr. Lincoln came around there, his attention being 

 called to that, and he looked at it and said, " 'Prepare to 

 meet thy God ;' if I could get hold of that fellow about one 

 minute I would know he would want to be prepared ;" and 

 so we figure we would like to g"et hold of these persons who 

 are trying to disfigure our landscape. I believe in the nat- 

 ural beauty of many of our roadsides. It is grown up to 

 brush, and if that can be kept at the proper heig-ht and be 

 properly trimmed, I think there is nothing more beautiul than 

 the natural growth. Let us have our desirable trees pro- 

 tected and preserved ; the tree warden's work comes in here 

 to desig-nate how they shall be preserved and cared for. I 

 think the law here is practically the same as in Alassachu- 

 setts. I have noticed some very serious mistakes that some 

 tree wardens have made in marking of too many trees. That 

 is a mistake. I think v/e ought to mark desirable trees at 

 proper distances, and I believe also in the natural beauty of 

 the roadsides. Work with the road builders, so they shan't 

 be undoing- what we are trying to do in making this world 

 a little more beautiful. If they must have the material, they 

 should take it from such a place as not to leave it unsightly. 

 Tree wardens, if they go at their work with a concentrated 

 effort, can make this little part of the world more beautiful 

 every day. 



Mr. Hale: Last fall I saw a lot of fine maples being set 

 along a new state highway. An adjoining proprietor asked 

 if I did not think trees growing there would in time unfit 

 his field for crops. I said, "A little, probably." His eyes 

 sparkled and he asked if I would so testify if he sued for 

 damages. I said, "Oh, yes, but of course the benefits 

 assessed on you will be far greater than the damages. Your 

 property and all who travel this way will be greatly bene- 

 fited by this tree planting." Then he called me a fool tree 

 crank. The subject of trees on our state highways will be 

 presented by Mr. McDonald, our state highway commissioner. 



