THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



inent. She suggested that I write you and joins me in regrets 

 and in best wishes for future work. 



Most sincerely yours, 



(Signed) Mrs. Mortimer Forest. 



Mrs. Forest is now in charge of one of the dispensaries estab- 

 lished by the American Fund for French Wounded. 



The Horticultural Society of New York and the New York 

 Florists' Club have presented three Ford motors to the American 

 Fund for French Wounded for the work in connection with the 

 hospitals and dispensaries. These motors have arrived in France, 

 and are now being used for the above purpose. 



At the June meeting of the Board of Directors of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York this same committee was author- 

 ized to solicit subscriptions to a fund for the maintenance of these 

 motors to help ]\Irs. Forest and her assistants to carry on this 

 work in aid of humanity. The cost of maintenance for one of 

 these motors for one month is now about $125. Any donation 

 sent to the treasurer will be gratefully acknowledged. 



The following letter, printed by the kind permission of the 

 American Fund for French Wounded, was written by Miss 

 Hooker. The Capt. Boyer referred to therein is the Red Cross 

 Commander of the Civil Zone where Mrs. Forest, Miss Hooker, 

 and the Misses Helen and Sarah Farwell are doing their wonder- 

 ful work. 



" Somewhere in France. 



June 21, 1918. 



Things have been happening thick and fast and I shall always 

 thank my lucky star that I was on the spot when they started. 



We were living our busy little lives in sleepy , believing we 



were very much in the war zone, because the trenches were only 

 a few miles away, and we could hear the guns going all day ; 

 and nearly every day a boche plane or two flew over our heads. 

 We were very busy there and feeling very useful, Mrs. Forest, 

 Helen & I. 



A telegram came from the Fund for us to go down in the 

 American section to look for a missing soldier. It meant going 

 from town to town to find the hospitals and we finally got track 



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