The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America is a defunct American non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of native plants.
| Formation | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1933 |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Plant conservation |
Region | United States |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Gager (1940), p. 139.
- ^ a b Howe (1934), p. 100.
- ^ a b Gager (1940), p. 140.
- ^ Pollard, Charles Louis (September 1902). "The Wild Flower Preservation Society". The Plant World. 9 (5): 184–186. JSTOR 43477179.
Bibliography
edit- Gager, C. Stuart (June 1940). "Elizabeth G. Britton And The Movement For The Preservation Of Native American Wild Flowers". Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 41 (486): 137–142. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- Howe, Marshall A. (May 1934). "Elizabeth Gertrude Britton". Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 35 (413): 97–103. Retrieved 11 February 2019.