The Franklin Forests Are Extinct;
These Trees Of Beauty Are Now Rare;
No More Are They Found In The Wild;
Their Fragrant Flowers Tempt A Child!
Last Seen In 18 Zero3,
By Altamaha River-Side -—
A Deciduous Tree Or Shrub,
It Grows Upto A Twenty Feet.

With Leaves That Change Color By Fall,
Its Snow-White Flowers Are Showy;
With Golden Yellow Stamens Free,
It Is Now Grown In Pots From Seeds!
But Nothing Like The Forests Wild
Of Franklin Trees That Grew On Own;
You Could Not Find A Path Through Them -—
Home To Wild Animals Many.
How Nature Rears A Forest Dense!
-—the Secrets, No Man Deciphers;
The Way They Flourish In The Wild,
No Gardener Can Do Like-Wise!
As Man Destroys More Forest Trees,
For Want Of Newer Farming Land,
Wild Wondrous Trees Then Cease To Be,
And Other Species Vanish Too.
Deforestation Is A Crime
That Has Gone Uncontrolled With Time;
Rare Species Of Trees, Shrubs And Beasts
Have Been Effaced From Earth With Ease.
The Earth Has Lesser Green Cover!
-‘tis Growing Bald, Much More Each Day,
As Forest Trees Are Felled For Wood,
At Rates More Than We Ever Should.
World-‘s Rain-Forests Are Turning Scarce -—
A Cause Of Global-Warming Fast;
Landslides And Floods Are Dangers New;
More Species Turn Something Of Past!
Trees Extract Carbon-Dioxide,
And Make The Air Less Polluted;
Wild Beasts Are On The Rampage When
Their Forest Habitats Are Gone.
Save Forests And Afforest, Man;
The Clouds Bring Rain When Trees Ask For;
Wild Beasts Need Forests For Their Homes;
Preserve Forests In Ways You Can.