dens of France 



>r-trucks and planted under the supervision 



ne owners assisted by French soldiers in 



billets as soon as the evacuated territory 



mes available. 



uit gardens thus planted will be suitably 



:ed with the donor's name; and so far as 



ble, the gardens of one village will all be 



:ed with trees paid for by the donation of a 



1 club or society, and suitably marked with 



organization's name. 



the meantime, awaiting the recovery of the 



land, the Horticultural Society of New York, 

 in conjunction with the New York Florists Club, 

 in May last, started a second fund for the up-keep 

 of three motors costing #125 per month each. 

 These motors which will later be used in the 

 replanting work are now in service on the fighting 

 line. 



Organizations that have contributed in addi- 

 tion to the original subscribers are the Garden 

 Clubs of Lenox, Mass., Bedford, N. Y., Hartford, 

 Ct., Ruxton, Md., Albemarle County, Va., 

 Lawrence, N. Y., Ridgefield, Ct., 

 Short Hills, N. J., New Rochelle, 

 N. Y., Greenwich, Ct., Plain- 

 field, N. J., Litchfield, Ct., Hor- 

 ticultural Societies of Newport, 

 R. I., Nassau, N. Y., Tuxedo, N. 

 Y., Rhode Island, New Trier, 

 111., Monmouth, N. J., West 

 Chester, N. Y, Fairfield, Ct., The 

 Buffalo Florists' Club, Chicago 

 Chapter of the Wild Flower Pre- 

 servation Society, American Society 

 for Horticultural Science and The 

 Wyoming Valley Chapter of the 

 American Revolution. 



Thesubscription lists arestillopen 

 for both funds and donations will be 

 thankfully received either by Mr. 

 Frederic R. Newbold, 

 Treasurer of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of 

 New York or Mrs. 

 Walter Bliss, Treas. 

 American Fund for 

 French Wounded, 73 

 Park Avenue, New 

 York City. 



There can be no 

 better medium of ex- 

 pression of the sym- 

 pathy felt by the gar- 

 deners of America for 

 their fellow craftsmen 

 in France than in con- 

 tributing as liberally 

 as possible to the 

 Tree Fund of the 

 Horticultural Society 

 for restocking the 

 gardens of France. 



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It was too much of a job to completely cut through, so this apple tree 

 is girdled by axe blows 



eir first big impression, to find everything destroyed but the flowers in 

 1 comfort in gathering the blooms 



The destruction of the gardens that were around the homes at Fleury Martel 



An ancient Oak 

 near Vaux which has 

 been killed in the ac- 

 cepted fashion with- 

 out troubling to cut 

 it down 



iteau at Robecourt, near Hombleux. These trees were of 





