14 THE PI.ANT WORLD 



The Wild Flower Preservation Society 



of America. 



THE BALTIMORE CHAPTER. 



The first local Chapter of the Societ)^ was organized at Baltimore on 

 December 19, 1902, at the conclusion of an illustrated lecture on " Van- 

 ishing Wild Flowers," delivered by Mr. Pollard, the secretary of the 

 Society, in Hopkins Hall. The success of the undertaking was due 

 mainly to the interest and activity of Dr. C. E. Waters, of Johns Hopkins 

 University, and the newly-formed Chapter wisely selected him as the 

 first president. The other officer is the secretary -treasurer. Miss Elizabeth 

 A. Smyth, and the Chapter has also elected an executive council of five 

 members, consisting of those prominent in educational work in the city. 

 The full list of officers and members will be published later when the 

 Chapter is ready to submit a report on its work. At present it has a 

 membership of sixteen. Under the Constitution of the Society it is en- 

 titled to be a self-governing body, and will have charge of the work for 

 plant protection in Baltimore and vicinity. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 

 The first annual meeting of the Society was held in the lecture hall of 

 the National Museum at Washington at 4 p. m., December 27, President 

 Coville in the chair, and about 25 members in attendance. The annual 

 report of the Board of Managers, already published in The Plant World, 

 was read and ordered accepted and placed on file. Abstracts of the re- 

 ports of the secretary and of the treasurer were read and approved. The 

 secretary then announced the result of the correspondence ballot for four 

 members of the Board of Managers, the vote being as follows : 



Total number of ballots cast 38 



Mrs. N. L. Britten 36 



Dr. L. H. Bailey 28 



Mr. E. L. Morris 26 



Dr. C. E. Waters 22 



Prof. C. F. Wheeler 18 



Mr. C. F. vSaunders 9 



Dr. H. H. Rusby 6 



Mrs. C. A. Hoyt 5 



Mrs. Britton and Messrs. Bailey, Morris, and Waters were announced 

 as duly elected managers for a term of three years each. 



The organization of the Baltimore Chapter was reported upon by its 

 president. Dr. C. E. Waters, who briefly outlined the proposed efforts of 

 the members. 



