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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
Wisconsin horticulture 
Published monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St. 
Official organ of the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANEFIELD, Editor. 
Secretary W. S. H. S., Madison, Wis. 
Entered as second-class matter May 13, 
1912, at the postoffice at Madison, Wis- 
consin, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
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OFFICERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen, President Oshkosh 
D. E. Bingham, Vice-President 
Sturgeon Bay 
B. G. Kellogg, Treasurer Ripon 
F. Cranefield, Secretary Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
N. A. Rasmussen Ex-officio 
D. E. Bingham Ex-officio 
L,. G. Kellogg Ex-officio 
F. Cranefield Ex-officio 
1st Dist., A. Martini Lake Geneva 
2nd Dist., R. J. Coe Ft. Atkinson 
3rd Dist., H. H. Morgan Madison 
4th Dist., Henry Wilke Milwaukee 
5th Dist., G. V. Holsinger. . . .Wauwatosa 
6th Dist., H. C. Christensen Oshkosh 
7th Dist., Wm. Toole, Sr Baraboo 
8th Dist., O. G. Malde Grand Rapids 
9th Dist., L. E. Birmingham Sturgeon Bay 
10th Dist., G. L. Richardson 
Chippewa Falls 
11th Dist., J. F. Hauser Bayfield 
BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
N. A. Rasmussen F. Cranefield 
L. G. Kellogg 
Rabbits Receive Recognition. 
The big Fish and Game Bill, 
No. 46, S., now before the legis- 
lature, which constitutes a com- 
plete revision of the existing 
game laws, contains one provi- 
sion which is of interest to every 
member of this Society. No mat- 
ter whether you have one fruit 
tree or a thousand or for that 
matter none at all you are af- 
fected by this bill. 
The item referred to provides a 
closed season for rabbits from 
Feb. 1st to Nov. 1st, and limits 
the ‘‘Bag” or the number that 
may be killed to five a day. 
This affords most excellent pro- 
tection for rabbits and at the rate 
of increase of this pest we are apt 
to have, before this law can be re- 
pealed two years hence, a condi- 
tion similar to that in Australia. 
Crows, English sparrows, black- 
birds and hawks are outlawed 
while the rabbit is given better 
protection than any other game 
except deer and the rabbits cause 
more damage every year than 
crows, blackbirds and hawks com- 
bined. 
For ten years past the editor 
has steadfastly opposed legisla- 
tion designed to afford protection 
to rabbits, but without any sup- 
port whatever but there seems to 
be a little more interest in the 
subject at the present time. The 
gardeners of Lake Geneva and 
the fruit growers associations of 
Door Co. have sent protests to 
the legislature. 
Now, if every one who reads 
this who has suffered injury by 
rabbits will write to his assembly- 
man and to his senator protesting 
against this measure, it will have 
some effect. 
The public hearing on the bill 
will be over before this appears 
in print, but it is unlikely that 
the bill will come to a vote in 
either house for several days af- 
ter the hearing. The editor is in- 
terested in reports of injury by 
rabbits, but he is not a law maker. 
Go after your member and go 
hard. 
Save the Maples! 
The Cottony Maple Scale, 
which under ordinary conditions 
is not considered to be a serious 
pest, has been 'increasing at an 
alarming rate in the whole 
southeastern section of Wisconsin 
April, 
1917 
for several years. The dead and 
dying maple trees all over this 
section are a mute testimony of 
the destructive power of this pest 
when conditions are favorable. 
This situation has become so 
critical that it Will require prompt 
and efficient measures to save the 
remainder of the maple trees. 
There is nothing difficult in the 
destruction of this insect. The 
reason it has not been checked 
long ago is mainly on account of 
lack of proper equipment. Ord- 
inary spraying outfits will not 
reach the tall trees and in many 
places even these outfits are not 
at hand. 
A number of cities in this sec- 
tion are purchasing the proper 
equipment, — in most cases power 
outfits equipped with long spray 
poles and high towers, — and are 
going seriously to work to clean 
up their trees. With such an 
equipment it will cost only a dol- 
lar or two per tree and it is prob- 
able that one spraying will pro- 
tect them for a number of years 
and that even in extreme cases, 
tivo thorough sprayings will clean 
up the pest. 
It is to be hoped that every one 
of the larger barrel pumps and 
double acting outfits, as well as 
the power sprayers in this area 
will be furnished with the neces- 
sary equipment and put to work, 
as the time is short. The only 
really successful time to handle 
this insect is before the leaves 
appear in the spring, during 
which time kerosene emulsion of 
15 or even 20 per cent strength, 
or a standard miscible oil like 
“Scalecide” or its relatives, may 
be used. 
Among the best perennials to grow 
for cut flowers are gaillardias, peonies, 
Shasta daisies, coreopsis, Giant daisies, 
aquilegias, especially the Rocky Moun- 
tain species, delphiniums and iris. 
