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“ But it is for my teacher!” 
“ And you will be under the penalty of the law,” I continued 
ers,” 
“TJ tell you I am breaking this branch for my teacher.” And 
the sturdy little fellow went on breaking. 
From the above notes, the following deductions may be made: 
The damage done to the Garden is serious ; some of it is irrep- 
arable, for instance, there is to-day no trace of the trailing 
arbutus, hepatica and laurel that once grew in the Hemlock 
‘Two classes of lawless persons are guilty of this damage — 
the wilfully lawless and the ignorantly lawless. As far as I am 
able to judge from so incomplete an investigation, the wilfully 
lawless are in the great minority, including from five to ten per 
cent, of the cases, 
All sorts and conditions, all ages and nationalities of men, 
women and children must be dealt with. 
The most able and intelligent policemen that the city can com- 
mand are needed to enforce the law for the wilfully lawless. 
The best of good judgment is often required to distinguish be- 
tween the wilfully lawless and the ignorantly lawless. 
A fence surrounding the entire Garden is an imperative neces- 
sity ; the authorities already have this work well under way. 
be of great advantage to fence certain of the most 
valuable and easily injured portions of the Garden. Constant 
trampling over the roots of trees, particularly of the hemlocks, 
is seriously detrimental to the longevity of the trees, and pic- 
nicking among the wild flowers is fatal to the flowers. Few 
flowers are capable of being sat on or slept upon with impunity. 
There is ample space in the Garden for the picnicker aside from 
these precious areas. The Hemlock Grove js said to be the 
pride of New York City, but it will be only another example of 
pride before destruction unless more strenuous measures are 
taken to protect this stand of magnificent Canadian hemlock- 
spruce. To the good results of the fencing system, the dense 
undergrowth and thrifty ferns and flourishing wild flowers of the 
ZoGlogical Garden bear witness. Even in some of the animal 
