nties and cities are ready to join in the movement. Road builders,
owners of cut-over and other lands only need to have their attention
called to what can be accomplished and the great majority will unite
with us. The work of the American Forestry Association has promoted our
cause also, and the establishing, and naming of historic trees
throughout the land can well be made a feature of our plans. Only a day
or two ago a Michigan paper carried the following item:

MOUNT VERNON WALNUT TS THRIVING IN INGHAM

Mason. Sept. 26.--Summit R. King, a pioneer of Mason, who was
present when the Republican party was born "under the oaks" in
Jackson county, has evolved a plan for raising historic trees in
Ingham county.

In 1906 he visited the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon and while
there gathered some black walnuts from a tree on the grounds. He
planted those and his trees are now in bearing.

He has placed a quantity of the nuts in the hands of the county
school commissioner, Miss Daisy Call, to be given to the rural
schools that the grounds may be beautified with trees planted in
memory of George Washington.

Why not have Mount Vernon walnuts thus distributed throughout the Union.
Every school boy and girl in the land would be delighted to get them for
planting.

The supply would not equal one hundredth part of one per cent of the
demand for them. Then select throughout the country other special or
historic trees of various kinds or varieties of nuts and still I am sure
the supply would not begin to equal the demand. Long ago I began to
arrange for nut crops from some of these historic trees, planted by
Washington at his beautiful Mount Vernon home, now the Mecca for prince
or pauper and all those millions who love the freedom of glorious
America.

Those nuts will be planted in the parks and on the grounds of the people
of my home city this very year by the children of our schools who are
now in their moulding being taught to revere the name of the father of
our country.

This very act of patriotism will cause thousands of boys and girls to
have fixed in their minds for youth or age the value of planting the
useful trees that will in later years produce food of the very best
character for the human race. Carry this message into every city,
village and school district and the good work will be duplicated
thousands of times and then the movement in which we