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EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION 



TREES 



FEW subjects more quickly excite the interest of boys and girls at 

 school than trees. Every child seems to have a natural aptitude for 

 this study, born perhaps from an instinctive love of outdoor life in 

 which trees play so important a part. That this should be the fact 

 should prove an inspiration to teachers to cultivate in our youth an 

 appreciation of the tremendously essential part trees play in our complex 

 life. "Plant trees!" should become a byword in the classroom, and every 

 effort should be made to stimulate and encourage and enhance this natural 

 interest. The conservation of trees is vital to our well-being. To denude, 

 our forests means disaster from any number of sources; that is a patent 

 fact. The preservation of our natural playgrounds is contingent upon 

 the conservation of our trees. Apart from our dependence upon our 

 trees for protection against flood, for surety of a lumber supply, for 

 certainty of a yield of sufficient water for domestic and transportational 

 needs, we must ever be mindful of the asset trees constitute in the beauti- 

 fication and adornment of our immediate environment and our proximate 

 and distant horizons. 



Alfred E. Smith, 

 Governor of New York State. 



FORESTS AND THE STATE 



TREES, which are indispensable to human comfort and well-being the 

 world over, are intimately associated with the home. In masses they 

 form the forests that yield timber for building, for furniture and a 

 variety of other uses, pulp for the making of paper, and wood for pur- 

 poses almost beyond numbering. Upon this practical basis, the value of 

 our tree can be measured in terms of the number of dollars' worth of 

 products that they will yield. If wisely utilized, they can be made to 

 supply our needs without destroying the initial estimated value. 



Today we see our forests with clearer vision than in the past. They 

 are the protection, the home, and the sustenance of a wonderful variety 

 of wild life. In their shade is the source of waters, the home of wild 

 flowers, shrubs, countless birds and other forms of animal life. Measured 

 by their indirect influence upon the lives of those who enjoy the recrea- 

 tional advantages that trees afford, and this includes almost our entire 

 population to a greater or less degree, the total value of our shade and 

 forest trees cannot be adequately computed by ordinary monetary stand- 

 ards. This recreational value is perennial and perpetual. Its blessings 

 are bestowed upon us year after year in increasing measure as we seek 

 them, and will continue through generation after generation in so far as 

 our trees and forests are protected and multiplied. If we will but know 

 our trees, learn to love them, and stimulate this interest in others, the 

 future of our forests is secure. We can pass on to the next generation 

 no greater heritage than these forests, properly conserved and augmented 

 by intelligent reforestation. 



Frank Pierrepont Graves, 

 President of the University of the State of 

 New York and State Commissioner of 

 Education. 



EVERY BOY SHOULD KNOW TREES 



Every regular Dad should want his boy to know trees; in order to 

 help the boy. Dad must know the different varieties of trees; any book 

 that will help Dad to this information should reflect itself in the boy if 



