State Parks of Wisconsin 



is a botanical garden, where the Wax Myrtle, the California Nut- 

 meg Tree, the California Whortleberry, the Clintonia, the Oxalis, 

 and all the other plants which follow the redwoods may be likewise 

 saved for our descendants." Other progressive States — Minnesota, 

 Michigan, Kansas, Pennsylvania and New Jersey — have shown 

 similar regard for their resources and their people by making suitable 

 reservations. While still other States, many of them the natural 

 playgrounds of the Nation — Maine and New Hampshire, for ex- 

 ample — through a lack of public spirit have permitted their entire 

 area to pass into the hands of private individuals. New Hampshire 

 has no State Parks at all. Its nine principal cities hold altogether 

 less than 600 acres in parks. And yet one syndicate has a private 

 park near Concord, the State capital, of 25,000 acres. Such a situ- 

 ation is a disgrace to any self-respecting State and a shirking of re- 

 sponsibility to future generations. 



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