California Botanical Society 



J. he purpose of the Society is to promote investigation 

 of the life history, habits, classification and fioristic 

 distribution of Californian and other plants. 



It plans to diffuse knowledge concerning them in a 

 way calculated to develop and strengthen interest in 

 botanical science in California. The Society holds meet- 

 ings for lectures and discussions, arranges field meet- 

 ings and indoor demonstrations, makes collections and 

 publishes a journal. It takes an active interest in the con- 

 servation of the native life of California and cooperates 

 with other organizations in preventing threatened 

 destruction of remarkable individual 

 plants or plant societies in 

 California. 



Madrono, Vol. 1. 1-31. May, 1916. 



