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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
May, I9J9 
PLANT A TREE IN FRANCE 
Uli$con$in 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. 
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sin Horticulture. Remit fifty cents to Frederic 
Cranefleld, Editor, Madison, Wis. 
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Personal checks accepted. 
Postage stamps not accepted. 
OFFICERS 
N. A. Rasmussen, President Oshkosh 
J. A. Hays, Vice-President Gays Mills 
F. Cranefleld, Secretary- Treasurer Madison 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
N. A. Rasmussen Ex-Officio 
J. A. Hays Ex-Officio 
F. Cranefleld Ex-Officio 
1st Dist., A. Martini Lake Geneva 
2nd Dist., R. J. Coe Ft. Atkinson 
3rd Dist., E. L. Roloff Madison 
4th Dist., A. Leidiger Milwaukee 
5th Dist., Jas. Livingstone Milwaukee 
6th Dist., J. W. Roe Oshkosh 
7th Dist., Win. Toole, Sr Baraboo 
8th 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. Cranefleld 
J. A. Hays 
To the Members of the State Hor- 
ticultural Society : 
On behalf of the National Horti- 
cultural Society of France and the 
fruit growers of ( France whose 
homes, trees and vines were de- 
stroyed by a ruthless and savage 
enemy: On behalf of our two mil- 
lion soldier sons now in France 
who well know what the French 
have suffered : in memory of our 
brave boys who gave all they had 
that we might be spared such hor- 
rors I ask your consideration of 
the ^following appeal. I ask only 
for one tree. Will you plant it? 
Frederic Cranefield. 
The appeal of the National Hor- 
ticultural Society of France, print- 
ed in the April number of this 
paper has brought many generous 
responses. Every letter has been 
acknowledged and further recog- 
nition will be given later. The 
subscription will close June 1st and 
all who wish to contribute should 
act soon. The campaign to date 
has been wonderful in some respects 
and disappointing in others. Some 
of the letters sent with the sub- 
scriptions and marked personal 
have given me more satisfaction 
and happiness than would a million 
dollar personal gift. My pride in 
being an American has been in- 
tensified — if that were possible. 
The disappointing feature is the 
lack of small contributions and that 
quite likely is due to the framing 
of the first appeal. To those who 
have contributed the larger sums 
the writer tried to express his 
pleasure but if five hundred mem- 
bers more will each plant just one 
tree in France, if no more, the list 
on June 1st would be one of the 
grandest pages in the history of our 
society. If one thousand of our 
sixteen hundred should each send 
75 cents there could he no finer rec- 
ord. Big or little, all will be ap- 
preciated. It may be that our 
gifts will not serve to plant the 
trees this season but do not doubt 
that every cent will lie eventually 
applied to that purpose. We have 
all bought bonds and thrift stamps, 
contributed to every drive until we 
are just plain tired and quite broke 
but it seems to me this is an appeal 
that we can’t pass by. The fruit 
growers and lovers of fruits and 
flowers of France are calling to us 
across the seas. Will we respond ? 
Just one tree if no more. No 
doubt you mean to do this hut have 
neglected it. There will be not 
more than twenty days after you 
read this in which to contribute. 
A part of the appeal which ap- 
peared in the April number is re- 
printed here. 
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 Wiscon- 
sin and the Nation we have re- 
sponded liberally to every appeal 
for 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 North- 
ern France this year, only withered 
branches and the stumps of trees. 
Soon 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 ex- 
pended as we indicate so let us 
“Plant a Tree in France.” Sev- 
enty-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 Hor- 
ticultural society of France. 
