Il'ST like that proverbial had penny, ideas " for beautifying Prince Edward county turn up. And with so many organizations and groups advancing these plans, ranging from parks to monuments, citizens might lose sight of the forests because of the trees, which is just the very topic that we want to talk about. Many beautification plans call for money, a lot of it, and many of these plans have no further value than to beautify a county temporarily. But it seems to us that if a plan were found to beautify perman ently and to serve man, that this is the plan that we would want to advocate. In our search for beauty, most of us notice and appreciate trees. We observe how beautiful they are and how much they add to roads, homes and farms. And what greater monument could a generation have than green forests that add beauty, provide recreation, and speak of future uses. In these uses we might list employment, homes, furniture, paper, industries, and all of the thousands of uses that man has made of timber. Virginia Forest Service offers an inex pensive way to beauty in this county and all of the other counties of Virginia. The seed ling program of the service is maintained to encourage landowners to practice re

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