Wild Flower Preservation Society of America

The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America is a defunct American non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of native plants.

Wild Flower Preservation Society of America
Formation1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Dissolved1933; 91 years ago (1933)
TypeNon-profit organization
PurposePlant conservation
Region
United States

History

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The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America was organized in 1902, using funds from a gift of $3000 from Olivia Stokes and Caroline Phelps Stokes to the New York Botanical Garden.[1][2] The first meeting was held on April 23, 1902; Frederick Vernon Coville was elected president, Charles Louis Pollard was elected secretary, and Elizabeth Gertrude Britton was elected to the Board of Managers.[3][4] Other members of the board included Charles Edwin Bessey, Liberty Hyde Bailey, William Trelease, Charles Frederick Millspaugh, and Alice Eastwood.[3] The Society established numerous local chapters.[4] It was incorporated in the state of New York in 1915.[1]

For a time, the Society published The Plant World,[5] a journal that began publication in 1897.

By 1924, the scope of this formerly national organization was limited to New York.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wild Flower Preservation Society of America Records (RA)". New York Botanical Garden. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ Gager (1940), p. 139.
  3. ^ a b Howe (1934), p. 100.
  4. ^ a b Gager (1940), p. 140.
  5. ^ Pollard, Charles Louis (September 1902). "The Wild Flower Preservation Society". The Plant World. 9 (5): 184–186. JSTOR 43477179.

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