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and for many years expended much Lime, 

 labor and money in its development. He 

 planted fruit trees and vines and flowers 

 on the fifteen acres that are under cul- 

 tivation. The twenty-nine acres of forest, 

 that have never been pastured, he left 

 unchanged, except to cut beautiful wind- 

 ing paths through its depth. Upon the 

 crest of the hill he built a double cabin, 

 which is a duplicate of the cabin in which 

 the Woollen family lived. 



In December of 1909, Mr. Woollen, as 

 he so aptly expresses it, decided to admin- 

 ister upon his own estate. He therefore 

 made a deed conveying this tract of forty- 

 four acres of land lying along Fall Creek 

 to the Board of Park Commissioners of 

 the City of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Wool- 

 len very readily joined him in its execution. 

 Some of the conditions of the deed are as 

 follows: 



"i. The place is to be known and des- 

 ignated b}^ your board as 'Woollen's Gar- 

 den of Birds and Botany.' 



"2. The cabins upon it are to be main- 

 tained and preserved to the memory of 

 my parents, Milton and Sarah Woollen, 

 land so that future generations may have 

 some idea of how the pioneers lived in 

 this state. The north cabin is to be the 

 Woollen room, and, in it kept a visitor's 

 register. 



"3. It is to be maintained and used as 

 a place for Nature Study, including horti- 

 culture and floriculture for the use of the 

 schools of this city, regardless of religious 

 denominations, nationality or color, But- 

 ler College, the Indiana Academy of 

 Science, the Nature Study Club of Indiana, 

 and such other educational bodies or per- 

 sons who may desire to pursue the study 

 of the Natural Sciences. 



"4. The wildwood of it is to be main- 

 tained as near as can be in its present 

 wild state, and the wild life upon it, except 

 when doing harm, is not to be interfered 

 with or destroyed: it is to be a home and 

 refuge for the wild creatures which are 

 found there, or which may come to it." 



The people of Indianapolis and, in fact, 

 in many cities throughout the country, 

 received this gift with much appreciation, 



and many enthusiastic expressions of ap- 

 proval came to him. 



Perhaps it is only among his more inti- 

 mate friends that it is known that Mr. 

 Woollen's gift did not come from a full 

 purse, but was the result of his own self- 

 sacrifice, which became a pleasure to him 

 because he was anxious to help the chil- 

 dren of the city, and the children yet to 

 come, to a love and understanding of our 

 birds and of all Nature, and because of a 

 deep-seated conviction that such knowl- 

 edge would make of them better citizens 

 for his much-loved city. 



In November last, a further testimonial 

 of appreciation of Mr. Woollen's public- 

 spirited service was recorded. The Com- 

 mercial Club, of which he has been for 

 many years a member, elected him its 

 first honorary member. 



"Birds of 'Buzzard's Roost' — One for 

 Each Week — and Other Essays" by Mr. 

 Woollen was published in 1907. This book 

 gives an accurate account of the life-his- 

 tory of fifty-two native Indiana birds, 

 and it has met with a warm reception not 

 only from bird lovers but from the public 

 generally. 



Mr. Woollen has been prominently 

 connected with the Indiana Audubon 

 Society, which he helped to organize. 



In his private life, Mr. Woollen is a 

 man who has put into practice the theory 

 of "plain living and high thinking." He 

 is very fond of children, and is never so 

 busy that he has not a cordial greeting 

 for the child who comes into his office or 

 his home. He is devoted to his family 

 and his friends, and finds much pleasure 

 in his library, where he has accumulated 

 a large amount of nature-study material, 

 which he is arranging for the library of 

 Woollen's Garden of Birds and Botany. 

 One of his keenest pleasures is to walk 

 through the wilds of Buzzard's Roost, 

 where the little folk of the wood have 

 learned to know him as their friend. — M. 

 L. Bass. 



Bird Destruction 



In an address delivered by the English 

 bird protectionist, Mr. James Buckland, 



