TREE SEEDS FOR FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN 



/~i N April 6, the anniversary of the entry of the United 

 ^^ States into the World War, Mr. Charles Lathrop 

 Pack, president of the American Forestry Association, 

 presented 100,000,000 Douglas fir seeds to France and 

 Great Britain to be used in replanting the areas of France 

 devastated by the war and the areas in Great Britain 

 where her forests and woodlands were cut for war pur- 

 poses. 



On behalf of their governments, the seeds were received 

 by His Excellency Ambassador Jusserand for France and 

 by Mr. J. J. Broderick, counsellor of the British Embassy, 

 for Great Britain. These representatives feelingly ex- 

 pressed their appreciation of Mr. Pack's gift. The pre- 

 sentation was made at the headquarters of the American 

 Forestry Association. The seeds were made ready for 

 .shipment in 125 bags. 



Declaring the seeds seemed to understand what was ex- 

 pected of them .'\mbassador Jusserand said : 



"Once more America is coming to the rescue. We did 

 not believe that our gratitude could be increased, but it 

 will be by what you are doing. 



"Of few things were we prouder than of our forests, 

 well kept owing to the exertions of the pupils of our Na- 

 tional School of Forestry at Nancy. The immense im- 

 portance for a people that every citizen be a useful citi- 

 zen, and every parcel of the national territory be of use, 

 is now better understood. The existence of coal and oil 

 does not depend on us ; we can consume it, not make it. 

 But the existence of forests depends on us, and what 

 does that existence mean? It means well regulated 

 waters which will insure the fertility of plains and val- 

 leys, it means renewable stores of heat and force, renew- 

 able timber for our houses, and a thousand other pur- 

 poses. I say nothing of what it supplies for mere enjoy- 

 ment : shade, beauty, quiet, the song of birds. The for- 

 est is the friend of man ; man should be the friend of the 



ONE HUNDRED MILLION TREE SEEDS FOR FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN 



A gift made by Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Forestry Association, on the occasion of the anniversary of the 

 entry of the United States into the World War. The ceremony took place at the headquarters of the Association. 



