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402, the larg-e number of trees thus benefited may be ascertained; the 
prospective work of reforesting" the larger, outlying properties being 
indicated by the number of seedling forest trees already planted, 
or on order for spring delivery to the several tree nurseries. 
On recommendation of the Department of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, the Park Commissioners formed an agreement in the Autumn 
of 1912, with the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, 
Ohio. An extract from their annual report for 1912 will perhaps 
best express the nature of this connection: 
^'During the summer of 1912, the City of Cincinnati requested 
advice regarding the reforesting of some 1,500 acres of park property. 
It was suggested that the city devote some of the area to the devel- 
opment of a forest park. This suggestion was acted upon favorably 
by the Board of Park Commissioners and a co-operative agreement 
was entered into whereby the experiment station is to supervise 
the operations. The plan is to model the park somewhat after the 
European system of city forest parks, and to the knowledge of the 
writer, is the first undertaking of its kind in this country. The 
station is to have a supervisor in charge, who is to superintend all 
planting and improvement work. Arrangements have been made 
for a forest nursery with a capacity of about 200,000 trees. All 
planting, stock and labor is to be provided by the city. The station 
believes the opportunity at Cincinnati to be one of the best possible 
for work of a demonstration of an educational nature, and to develop 
the forest park idea. The topography and soils lend themselves to 
a variety of tree growth and to the natural aesthetic effect, so im- 
portant in an undertaking of this kind." 
In conclusion, the board wishes to emphasize the fact that every 
effort toward the realization of the complete Kessler plan, together 
with the establishment of many more playgrounds, is being made, 
and the work urged forward as rapidly as the funds at hand will 
permit. 
L. A. AULT, 
IRWIN M. KROHN, 
D. B. MEACHAM, 
Board of Park Commissioners. 
WM. HODGKINSON, Secretary. 
