The American Iris Society 
John C. Wister, President R. S. Sturtevant, Sec'y. 
At a meeting held in the Museum Building of the New York 
Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City, January 29th, 1920, 
there was organized a new Plant Society. Our beautiful Iris, the 
lovely Fleur de Lys of France, her stately foliage rusthng, her beautiful 
blossoms palpitating with excitement, stepped from the semi-ob- 
scurity of the Nurseryman's Hst into the dignity of a society of her 
own under the name of The American Iris Society, whose object shall 
be to promote the culture and improvement of the Iris. 
The New York Botanical Garden, through its Director-in-Chief, 
Dr. Britton, offers for an Iris Garden several acres of land traversed 
by a brook, where the best conditions may be met; gentle dry slopes, 
flat moist stretches, and when the brook has lent itself to expert 
guidance, pools, near whose margins Japanese Iris will find ideal spots 
for their development and marshy places where yellow and violet 
flags will flourish, an ensemble that must call forth enthusiasm in all 
observers. 
The cost of the initial construction work will not exceed $3000 and 
will be accompUshed by the use of part of the Botanical Garden 
Special Development Fund of 1920, under the direction and super- 
vision of Dr. Henry AUan Gleason, Assistant Director. 
The officers elected were: 
President — Mr. John C. Wister, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Vice-Pres., — Mr. W. A. Peterson, Chicago, 111. 
Secretary — Mr. R. S. Sturtevant, Wellesley Farms, Mass. 
Treasurer — Mr. F. H. Presby, Montclair, N. J, 
Regional Vice-Presidents 
Eastern Region — Mr. B. Y, Morrison, Washington, D. C. 
Pacific Region — Mr. S. V. Mitchell, Berkeley, Cal. 
Central Region — Mrs. Samuel Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio 
Western Region — Mr. T. A. Kenning, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Southern Region — Mr. Floyd BraUiar, 
Canadian Region — Dr. F. E. Bennett, St. Thomas, Ontario 
Board of Directors 
Mr. I. S. Hendrickson — Flowerfieid, N. Y. 
Mr. B. H. Farr — Wyomissing, Pa. 
Mrs. James Boyd — Philadelphia, Pa. 
Mr. H. A. Gleason — New York City 
Mr. E. C. Shaw — Akron, Ohio 
Mr, H. A. Norton — Quebec, Canada 
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