Grivits, Wisconsin 
Januaryl9, 1940 
.Prof. A. Leopold 
University of Wisconsin 
Madison, Wisconsin 
Dear $ir, 
After reading your articles in the Wisconsin Farmer and 
Agriculturist, I have taken the liberty to write to you, because I am 
greatly interested in wild flWrs and wild flower conservation. I am 
not a 4-H member, and cqn not join their clubs, but I would very much 
like to do something to help conserve our vanishing wild flowers. 
I have been studying nature study, and especially wild flowers, 
trees and shrubs for about 10 years. I have expermented with wild flower

gardens, and have very successfully transplanted even the showy ladyslippu,

(Oypripedium hirsutum) and the yellow ladvyslipper(0. parviflorum . I 
have a small tree nusery and have raised elmns. maples, pines, catalpas,

and locusts from seeds. Now I am epermenting with raising various viburnums,

and other shrubs from seed. Here in the Northern part of the state there

is still an abundance of wild flowers, even of trilliums and others, 
rarer in the south. The trailing arbutus and the native water lilies, 
however are being destroyed by ruthless picking despite the laws against

their destruction. It would be a wonderful thing if these flowers could 
be saved so that future generations could enjoy their beauties. 
On our farm there is an abundance of trailing arbutus because we fllow 
certain ideas. When we wnat some in the house we always cut the blossoms

with a sharp scissors so that the roots are not destroyed. Then they keep

on growing and blooming* 
Any advioe you can give me on how I could help with the wild 
flower projects, will be very greatly appreciated. I am a high-school 
graduate, at present home and uaemployed. 
Yours sincerely,