TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
6. Scenic types. For example Kansas ought to have one or 
more large prairie parks to be kept as examples of the pristine 
prairies; Wisconsin should have some examples of the primeval 
pine forests. 
7. Spots of special scenic charm, such as waterfalls, glaciers, 
caves, or canyons. The Natural Bridge in Virginia, Mammoth 
Cave in Kentucky and Mt. Orford in the Province of Quebec may be 
mentioned as examples 
8. Places of historic interest. 
Administration 
There will be a tendency in most states to place parks and 
forests more and more under some central form of administration, 
mainly in bureaus of public works or of conservation, sometimes 
under special state park boards. Certain features of policy in the 
management of state lands of this sort may be laid down as follows: 
1. Acquisition of park and forest lands ought to go forward 
as rapidly as possible in accordance with well-studied programs. 
2. Acquired lands should be protected from fire, commercial 
exploitation and all forms of strip or devastation. Conservation 
is the first step in every administration program 
3. In general all these areas should be left in their natural 
condition. A partial exception may be made for forest lands which 
are to be planted. Conventional ‘‘park improvements”’ are es- 
pecially to be avoided. 
4. The various areas are made accessible to the public, either 
by railroads, motor roads or trails; but this opening up of territory 
need not be hastened too rapidly 
5. The charms of such scenery, the opportunities for recreation 
and the social values of these public lands must be made known to 
the citizens by sane interpretation and conservative advertising. 
Loud and bombastic propaganda is in poor taste, it is unnecessary 
and it may do more harm than good. 
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