The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-11-26

Z The forestry committee Of the General
e. Federation Of Women's Clubs, for
il907-OS. gives the following for Flor
ida:
In Florida nearly all the clubs are
planting trees in parks and on road
sides. In common with many other
states they are endeavoring to have
a chair of forestry established in the
state university, and to have a fores-
try commission. They are also work
ing for legislation in favor of bill
flor prevention OF forest fires, and the
mutilation of trees on county road
sides ArbOr day ceremonies, in
which clubs and schools unite, are
made attractive by the cooperation
of the governor and state superintend-
ent of instruction"
Mrs. Peterson also says that,
Pennsylvania is second to New York
in the extent of its state forests, but
it stands first of all in the states, in
training its own foresters in provid-
ing for the establishing of sanatoria
upon state lands and in its many and
varied uses of the state forests for
| the purpose of health and recreation
uses"
Connecticut is said to have the best
schools in forestry in the country.
Eight hundred and ninety-seven
school children in Colorado wrote es-
says on The Trees of Colorado and
Their Uses" for Arbor Day.
There are some people in this |
world and in our beautiful state, to
whom it is no earthly use talking for
estry to. They do not know trees,
and they do not want to, but. it ought |
to interest every FlOridian, at any
rate to know that the United States !
contains about 500 indigenous trees,
and that over POO of these are found
in the state of Florida.
The Ocala national reservation has
an area of POI, 4SO acres.
The Choctowatchee forest is some
what larger than the Ocala forest, al
though a much larger percentage of
the land is held under private owner
ship; both are of recent creation.
Any Floridian wishing a copy of Dr.
John Chords pamphlet called "A List
of the Trees of the State of Florida"
may have the same by sending to Mrs.
Kirk MunrOe, Cocoanut Grove, Dade
county, Florida, after November 18th,
inclosing cents postage. This pam
phlet was prepared for the forestry !
committee Of the Florida Federation
of WOmens Clubs, and while any res
ident of the state is welcome to a copy
for postage, it is hoped that strangers
will feel interested enough to pay for c
them, the proceeds to be devoted to T
the forestry department r
In 1906 the civic league of Salem.
Mass. established an annual garden
contest among the children. The priz-
es for the fourth successive year have
been awarded, and never have there 7
been such results. The entire appear b
ance Of the city has been changed by c
these children's gardens, the children >
have been changed. the adults even =
have been changed, for it has meant
no small amount of effort TO SUPERVISE
the work throughout the season. to
provide each gardener with proper O
seeds and to supply instruction in all b
places at all times. The general SUI i
pervision was by wards. each ward e
having committee in charge. The v
committees were responsible in all a
ways but perhaps each one found its -
chief task in providing inspectors to c
keep the interest Of the children at c
par through the hot and dry summer Il
months. These inspectors totalled a
ill., ranging from thirteen to twenty ;
.our in each ward. The general result
d such effort has been that, although o
he season was dry one. the gardens O
and the interest have surpassed S
hose of any former year.
There were awards for vegetable >
flower gardens, general gar !
lens, grass plots. improved yards and G
of these. There were 81
nome gardens, school gardens, vacant :,
OF gardens, and window boxes. II
The prizes present variety of at H
reactions, those offered by the civic
eague being supplemented by special 8;
'rizes offered by citizens. They con- =,
list of medals, money, coal. bulbs
looks and garden tools. RAYMOND
Barry of 90 Derby street drew prizes
to 81 and one and one-half a,
ons of coal The school prizes ran as S,
Ugh as SO in money.
Here Is an opportunity for construc-
I've work with a demonstrated value ST
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