“A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects.”
Edna Ferber perfectly captured the feelings of many of us when we heard that Wednesday’s snowstorm mortally wounded the venerable Goff Larch on the UW-Madison campus. The 108-year-old larch, the centerpiece of the Allen Centennial Garden, is the kind of tree you fall in love with the first time you see it.