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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
April, 1919 
Wisconsin Horticulture 
Published Monthly by the 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
12 N. Carroll St. 
Official organ of the Society. 
FREDERIC CRANE FIELD, Editor. 
Secretary W. S. H. S., Madison, Wis. 
Entered as second-class matter May 13, 1912, 
at the postoffice at Madison, Wisconsin, under 
the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Advertising rates made known on application. 
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 
Membership fee, fifty cents, which includes 
twenty-five cents subscription price of Wiscon- 
sin Horticulture. Remit fifty cents to Frederic 
Dranefield, Editor, Madison, Wis. 
Remit by Postal or Express Money Order. 
A dollar bill may be sent safely if wrapped or 
attached to a card, and pays for two years. 
Personal checks accepted. 
Postage stamps not accepted. 
OFFICERS 
N. A. Rasmussen, President Oshkosh 
J. A. Hays, Vice-President Gays Mills 
F. Cranefield, Secretary-Treasurer Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
N. A. Rasmussen Ex-Officio 
J. A. Hays Ex-Officio 
F. Cranefield Ex-Officio 
1st Dist., A. Martini Lake Geneva 
2nd Dist., R. J. Coe Ft. Atkinson 
3rd Dist., E. L. Roloff Madison 
4th Dist., A. Lcidiger Milwaukee 
5th Dist., Jas. Livingstone Milwaukee 
Gth Dist.. J. W. Roe Oshkosh 
7th Dist., Wm. Toole, Sr Baraboo 
Sth Dist., C. M. Seeker Tomah 
9th Dist., L. E. Birmingham Sturgeon Bay 
10th Dist., F. T. Brunk Eau Claire 
11th Dist., Irving Smith Ashland 
BOARD OF MANAGERS 
N. A. Rasmussen F. Cranefield 
J. A. Hays 
PLANT A TREE IN FRANCE 
It is well that Dante died so soon for had he lived until 1914 he 
would have suffered deep humiliation. His splendid imagery, his su- 
perb portrayal of the devil and his cohorts have been far outclassed 
by William Hohenzollern and his Huns. 
When early in the Great War we heard rumors of the fiendish, 
atrocious, bestial acts committed by the German army in Belgium, acts 
it appeared, not merely tolerated but premediated and executed ac- 
cording to a definite plan, when we heard of the killing of thousands 
of defenseless civilians, old men and women and children and the 
mutilation of others we were dazed and many were incredulous. When 
the rumors of these acts of savagery were substantiated a shudder of 
horror spread through the whole civilized world. 
When later this horde of savages, which had spread over northern 
France were compelled to retreat the civilized world believing that 
the very utmost limits of depravity had been reached by Germany 
were to be undeceived. The great factories were looted, all movable 
machinery sent to Germany and the balance destroyed. This mainly 
concerned the factory workers and owners but the farmers and fruit 
growers were not to be spared. Every fruit tree and vine was de- 
stroyed, every well poisoned and every house and barn leveled to the 
ground. No, the fruit growers were not to escape. Agricultural as 
well as industrial France was to be destroyed and the French made 
ro understand once and for all time that no being so insignificant as 
a Frenchman should oppose this infinitely superior race so well fitted 
to rule the world. As a demonstration of “kultur” and fitness to rule 
Germany destroyed the fruit trees and vines of invaded France as 
well as the homes of the fruit growers. 
Pay Promptly 
Don’t let your membership 
lapse if you want a copy of the 
1919 Annual Report which will be 
issued within a few weeks. The 
Report this year is just a little 
better than ever and no member 
can afford to be without it. Much 
time has been spent on revising 
the lists of recommended trees 
and plants and the spray calendar. 
When you receive a notice that 
your membership has expired take 
action because nothing whatever 
happens after that except the sim- 
ple little act of removing your 
name from the mailing list, unless 
you send fifty cents. A dollar 
pays for two years. 
An Appeal 
The horticulturists of France, through their national Society, have 
appealed to the horticulturists of Wisconsin for help. Shall we fail 
them? As citizens of Wisconsin and the Nation we have responded 
liberally to every appeal fer help from stricken Belgium and France 
but here is a chance to help the growers of fruits and flowers who 
are in deep adversity. 
Within a few weeks our fruit trees will be loaded with bloom and 
then with ripened fruit. There will be no apple blossoms in Northern 
France this year, only withered branches and the stumps of trees. 
Scon the lilac and the syringa will brighten our lawns with their 
clusters of fragrant flowers but no flowers will bloom about the heaps 
of ruins that were once the homes of happy people who loved fruits 
and flowers even as we do. Will you help them? 
Whatever we give will be expended as we indicate so let us “Plant 
a Tree in France.” Seventy-five cents will plant a tree. How many 
will you plant? Send your contributions to Secretary Cranefield, 
Madison, Wis., who will forward them to the National Horticultural 
society of France whose officers send the following appeal: 
