18 THE PLANT WORI.D 



A society has been formed for the moulding of public opinion in this 

 matter and the diffusion of information concerning it, with a membership 

 all over the country. 



In 1902 most of the income of the Stokes Fund was used for the pay- 

 ment of prizes for essays on the protection of native plants, and for the 

 distribution of printed copies of these. In 1903 a series of lectures was 

 arranged for, and delivered by Mr. C. L. Pollard, Secretary of the Wild 

 Flower Preservation Society, in ten central and eastern cities, which were 

 reported in the newspapers and thus reached a wide audience. 



The plan adopted for 1904 contemplates — 



(1) The distribution of prize essays, 



(2) Arrangement for additional lectures. 



(3) The printing of notices to be posted wherever it is practicable. 



The essay for 1904 will be in competition for the following prizes, 

 payable April 15th : 



(1) A first prize of $25.00. 



(2) A second prize of $15.00. 



(3) A third prize of $10.00. 



The essay must not exceed three thousand words in length and must 

 be clearly written or type-written in triplicate, and must be submitted to 

 the Director-in-Chief of the New York Botanical Garden not later than 

 March 1st; they become the property of the Garden, which does not 

 undertake to return any essay submitted. The three prize essays will be 

 printed in the Journal of the Garden, and republication of them is invited 

 from other journals, magazines, and newspapers. 



Presentation of essays in competition for these three prizes is now 

 invited from any one interested, under the above conditions. 



N. I^. Britton, Director-ill- Chief . 



OREGON WILD FLOWERS IN NEED OF PROTECTION. 



By M. W. Gorman. 



[It has beeu generally supposed that active measures for plant preservation are 

 needed chiefly in the Eastern States ; but Mr. Gorman shows conclusively in this 

 article that the work of the Society should be prosecuted on the Pacific Coast, where it 

 is hoped some local chapters may be formed during the coming year. — Ed.] 



The population of our city is not yet large enough (about 120,000) 

 to greatly endanger the existence of many of our wild flowers, but the 

 time to begin a campaign for the furtherance of the objects of the Wild 

 Flower Preservation Society |isj now, before any serious harm has been 

 done. 



The flowers and ferns in the vicinity of Portland most liable to injury 

 or extermination through inconsiderate and indiscriminate plucking are : 



