| Show Hl t ton Mr I With Thes ees j ge r d dge 3 man III carl r 2 TREE PLANTING I na n. n It I. I Co I 10 rY e Ie onset r.- r. I II r rI THE r rA A. A 01 Me CAN AMERICAN t T sox ON 10 EEn e ASS nON t 4 Il I- I l Y r he A e et t 1 e a U r red t 1 I. I t t. t I I It 7 J t It F I j r I I l 4 ti rue l r sp J r rs t tIr I Ir B By ELMO SCOTT WATSON 3 r NI hundred and flU the flits fifty years ago ORO 1 q r Continental under the le leader leader- ak y of ot Gen aNI George eOr w wr vuis Willi ok n r till tie lust which Illch v wont won n the Independence of ot the Hie United r W t t States Sinter TodD Today n Second Continental r- r r array army In Is being mustered Into service rv t j 1 ice not Ice not to fl ht ar buttles hutto hut to fn aid old In III a Brent creat patriotic peace peace- Td r lime Ilene protect project III The protect Is I to honor f fi i d. d the memory l nr lI of ot the commander of or the rho a. a first army the Une j gen n. n jy of ot the Second Is la a n al v x l t I civilian Ghosts Chillies Tuck lurk president of ot the rw 1 iy American Tree association 1111 1 his bps proclamation i s sIlou tion Ilou culling colling fur for recruits fur for Ms tits army rends fInds n 1 4 I t as se follows tollO If Ten million monuments to n Brent man I Ten fIll k a million tributes enduring ing and growing c t which will bo he as evergreen as us Is th the memory of fit GlOrge Washington In the hearts of ot l people recording the fact that he ho Is III ever er the 0 In the hearts of ot his fht These e are urt not 1 to he be monoliths of ot marble a not lIot statues t f of f t late I 0 tone atone or dun colored copper and bronze nor II a written upon parchment hut hilt 1 growing things with a life emd of ot that thing nation which the first President guided 1 Into being I II g. g The Tilt mor more mure significant will t the hl be lie because the hands of ot thou thousands of ot citizens will is II 1 hove have PI put pot them In this nathe native suit noil The They are lire to 10 b be he trees dedicated to the father of ot Our Country Memorials stretching across the face ture of ot the con con- J The whole populo population lion will have han a part In the bicentennial celebration of ot the birth of ot George GIore Washington It will become a n second Continental V army an army of ot tree planters made up of ot young and nd nd old In every state and hamlet homlet and ond actively engaged In setting Betting up a 10 lasting lIng i to the one whom this country delights to honor hODO i For or the tiro purpose of ot this remarkable celebration Calvin Coolidge when President created cratt the B 1 bicentennial commission The A American T Tree Tre association of ot Washington I 1 n. 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C operating co-operating with this commission Is III directing this gigantic task of planting trees each one ont Indira the tl of ot a nations nation's honor to the national hero hero hero-a n nl l' l particularly way of ot remembering the life and sen services Ilis Ices of If the master of ot Mount Vernon j I What That more significant and unique method could be employed pI pil to manifest t th the affection which i America feels for Washington i Washington himself must V h have loved tree tresi for tor forLis his Lis diary contains repeated references NS N'S to their value and care lire and he be chose a n spot tt for r his hiM home tome wh where re their beauty Is Along the shaded path that lends tn to his hla final noting place I two to columns of If trim straight larches stand gland like sentinels his hla constant companions nv along with those thousands thou of ot Americans who come lo to pay Ill j f him rl reverence durin during the daylight d hours 11 lie Ile most ot n f r hate loved lo the rt regal 11 beauty of ot a II tree tow In III the of ot a 1 tr tree v can cau b be n-mem- n g- g bertt pre eminently I l In the I ground Ill I'll U Ji i iJ a tree Is III like a man coming coining up 1111 out of ot the earth Arth 1 but lifting Its branches to heaven n And ns toe It Ii grows S ro In usefulness go so It 1 prows grows 11 10 In b It U f 2 4 1 may outlast the ages It offers Its lis shade lilt to tn aU art altI k alike and Its disinterested ministries succor SUIr a II at I 1 t thirsty countryside and provide pro hIe for tor Its lis physical end and esthetic e. necessities So o a n tree bespeaks the Z pp irit of 11 Washington lie III was democratic In his lila x regal In la his 1 leadership commending commanding In its f j his principles while he ht extended a broth brotherly hand I. I to a new and Independent people struggling for tor r rt t fuller freedom f Not only will this tree tre planting Involve ohe an artt net art of It commemoration but lut It will III supremely carry out t one of ot the guiding principles of ot Urle Ceorge Washington Washing ct l' l ton nU namely that of f u Jf f In national 10 EO This means conservation A nation roust must t be t strong strung and able to tale take cart care of Itself In int t t emergencies Thus only can entangling alliances J become unnecessary There Is no greater need In Inthe the United Coiled States today in the matter flintier of self self- than titan that of ot trees Washington would undoubtedly be the first to desire as sa memorials to him hio trees that will make his country country coun roun 11 try a stronger and better one nl There are arf loo Idle hUe acres now exl existing In III the United Staten t which lire are suitable for tor forests only The crop of If timber steadily dwindles while the rate of ot tono con ton consumption 4 o U Is lion on the Increase There have been times when men and guns and bullets were the supreme necessity ty That Is not co so now for tor the national necessity Is III trees and more trees trel It Is MM awe thin tiling thing to subscribe to the toe principles of ot Wash Wash- 1 The last living horse horse chestnut chestnut tree planted In Ina a row of thirteen by George Washington at Fredericksburg Fred Fred- ericksburg Va to symbolize the Thirteen col onies onles This tree has been listed In the Hall of Fame for Trees by the American Tree association tion at Washington D. D C C. C 2 The certificate printed In buff and blue the Continental army colors and also the Washington bicentennial colors which will be given for each tree planting In honor of George Washington that thatIs la Is registered with the American Tree association S. S Presentation of a grandchild of the famous Washington elm at al Cambridge Mass Masso to the American Tree association by Mrs James H. H Dorcey Dorsey of the Maryland Daughters Daughter of the American Ameri Amen American can Revolution on the right and Mrs John i s Dickinson Sherman a member of the Washington Bicentennial commission on the left She and members of the National Press Prell Club post of the American Legion helped plant the tree 4 Gov Coy John Garland Pollard of Virginia makIng makIng mak make Ing the dedication speech at the bicentennial tree planting for Ceorge George Washington on the capitol grounds at Richmond This Is 18 the first state state- planted tree registered on the national honor rollof roll rollof rollof of the American Tree association Representatives tives from frem states which were the Thirteen colonies col onies onles helped plant the tree Ington It Is another thing to put Iut them Into everyday every lay day practice Strength acquired from n a constantly diminishing rt resource Is not tree trl strength nor true patriotism but short The main source SOUI must 1 lie K replenished and that Immediately ly and regularly Consequently II there Is at lit this particular p time tithe all ati economic as n well Ill I'll as symbolical nl I reason for tor the planting l of It trees lu in honor of ot George Washington Each city anti and nd town ea lId cads li Individual I each organization will have I Its own 1 problems In planting plant lug ing for tor George Washington Wl The floe town or state stale roadway engineer or shade tree commission should II he be Into con ulta- ulta lion II til about II ut t roadside planting the state stull forester willing to lo lend hI his talents and aid add 1 freely Is Iii best st fitted to advise lse the care of ot town or state tate tOI forests ts Plant for tor George Washington That Is the cry that Is b going up lip In all parts part of ot Hie the country Plant now or at lit sissy any suitable time before the winter of ut If l so lill that strong health healthy trees will h he firmly root rooted Ill I'll In lu the native soil null when they are dedicated In the tilt name of the Father Kuther of Our Country on 22 10 l 10 hi hiThe The rhe first of ot the tilt ten lea 11 million Itaf leafy monuments has hal been llen erected The first le Jeorge rge l' l Washington to town forests memorial te 1 and me memorial 1 oriel trees ore ure In III existence try Every citizen In every ery city and hamlet hamlet and and more mOrt Important every rry future citizen citizen ls Is hearing of ot the plans plaus for tor paying the greatest honor ever paid to Americas America's national ll hero The Second Continental Army Anny of lIt Tree Planters moves mons Into action while the Inspiration the love for tor and ond the precepts of the first commander in chief spurs Nure It on The first state to plant a bicentennial tree In honor of was fittingly y enough nouh the lute state stale which gave ga him hum to the nation nation Virginia On the state grounds tn In recently Got Gov John Garland Pollard assisted b by Gov C. C W. W Tubey of tIt Sew New Hampshire and representatives of ot the Thirteen colonies who ho are members of ot the Wakefield III Memorial association plant planted d duh such uh a 11 tree Int and aDd afterwards delivered the dedication dedica tion address from a II rostrum at lit the base of ot the great equestrian statue of ot Washington which stands near the Virginia capitol capital The lE second tree was planted at al Tallahassee Fla Pla by Coy Gov Dayle K F. Carlton and be he was assisted by bl Urn Mrs a U. U. U Bridges president of ot the TaUa Talla hassee Women's clubs Mrs Harry Lee chairman of conservation Harry I-ee I Baker the stale state forester Miss bliss P B. B national nation nation- al nl chairman of or conservation of ot the Federation of Women's Clubs 1 Mrs William L L. L Wilson Nilson president president dent of ot the Federation and Mrs Irs Wilber I. I 1 Wiley state chairman of ot conservation of ot the Women's clubs Colorado was placed nest next in In line when the Women's dullS clui s in Denver 1111 planted a n tree In the capitol grounds on a n spot slot selected by Governor Go Adams The state which bears bl Washington's name was Wall tin the fourth In tn line when a IX n. A. A II n. chapter al at Seattle flied filed Its plans for tor a tree planting with the tha American Tree association Forms of It planting Washington bicentennial trees ha have fe bt been tn divided Into se seven sen n groups b by th tM the American Tr Tree e association Individuals who ho desire desire de de- d sire to participate In the movement mo may spots In a garden In the street with proper pet per permission mission from the municipal II lei pilI authorities along s road or anywhere the Individual has the right to plant a tree It II la Ia sU suggested that civic chic and other clubs dubs may plant Ilat one large tr tree C In a suitable location bu but groups I of t trees on tin park rk lands OW owned lied by the community com com- or club Is more desirable Municipalities as such are Invited Il to plant plan forest trees upon lands owned by hy the towns ant and cities s such lauds lands watersheds of tIt the city water supply or In town lown forests If Ie such are owned by the municipality Colleges and schools are urged to further the tie memorial work by pluming trees upon the ground grounds own owned d by the Institutions lass s1 plantings i o or Institutional have been ticen suggested wit with appropriate e tx ec t is lut s. N y I National or pi tion plantings may be he of ot a sectional or u a national organization can appropriate money for tr a 1 large t forest planting Many states have ot counties named for tM the great Washington An Idea has s been advanced that It will be appropriate for such 1 counties to 10 plant a county forest In 11 memory of ot their namesake Of Ot roUl course all other counties tan can 11 1 I do n Ilk likewise 1 Ise It 1 is 1 pointed out that state IntI forestry departments should IK tie consulted when hen work ork on n a scale so an large Is undertaken for tr In ninny tunny cases the department not I only will 11 be e a to furnish expert advice II as to the planting t I also ilia may be 11 able to 10 provide ro the seedlings for pling i Without exception tr e every state owns own I land either In the form of It state parks or I ground about state buildings Planting of ot trees Irles on such urh land would properly riy be he of ot the character of state functions It by the state forestry department with trees provided lilt by state nurseries That aU nU plantings especially h by or organizations or cot be ceremonial affairs with programs pro pro- programs grams nuns of ot patriotic character Is urged by tho those e who are fostering the movement mO In connection with this great arat Washington memorial movement the association has Issued a pamphlet containing much valuable Information us 11 tl to selection of ot sites for t-or planting the stock or kinds of ot trees to plant In tn the arlous various localities the cure care to be exercised tJ before placing the trees trets In the ground and best planting times Imes for tor thebe these sections A It pertinent admonition Is II contained In Inthe Inthe the very first paragraph The first fint thing to do Isto Isto Is ls to select your space pure and decide upon the type of trees that will best fit It always It-always always keeping la In mind the future For 1 back of ot the protect project is the Idea of ot not only ODly honoring Washington durin during tile the year nr which marks mar the two hundredth anniversary of It his hll birth but that these memorials shall shaU recall hIs bis name Dame to during durin all ull the tile years rs of ot the lie Hie of ot these trees trets C by br Vc Waters t rn N Nw pr r Union |
