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the wearing of feathers as ornaments 
for dress. The Association, founded 
in 1 90 1, publishes annual reports and 
numerous pamphlets with illustrations. 
The American Bison Society ad- 
vocates the protection of the bison. 
Connecticut 
In Connecticut, there is a Law 
of 1899 protecting wild flowers and 
trees: — ''Every person who shall wil- 
fully injure any tree or shrub standing 
upon the land of another, or on the 
public highway in front of said land, or 
injure or throw down any fence, trellis, 
framework, or structure, on the land 
of another, or shall wilfully cut, destroy, 
or take away from the land of another, 
any creeping fern, crops, shrub, fruit 
or vegetable production, shall be fined 
not more than one hundred dollars or 
imprisoned not more than twelve 
