WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION SOCIETY. 
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THE WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION SOCIETY 
OF AMERICA. 
We are informed by our President, Professor Charles E. 
Bessey, of Lincoln, Nebraska, that the ravages due to tourists and 
visitors in Colorado have become so serious that General Wil¬ 
liam J. Palmer of Colorado Springs, Colorado, has had a lot of 
warning posters printed and put up on his extensive grounds at 
“ Glen Eyrie.” 
At the fourth annual meeting of the Society for the Protection 
of Native Plants an interesting report was presented. 
“ During the year the number of local secretaries has been in¬ 
creased from forty-three to eighty, and from them have come en¬ 
couraging reports of increased interest and a large distribution of 
leaflets. 
“ In May was issued leaflet No. 10, which is a reprint of a re¬ 
port of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society. In June, 
at the suggestion of a Boston publisher, a small slip was prepared, 
briefly stating the aims of the Society, to be sent out with nature 
books. Through the co-operation of publishers in several cities, 
many thousands of these have reached the purchasers of such 
books. 
“ In the autumn a large number of appeals were sent to clergy¬ 
men, shop-keepers, women’s clubs, and to persons likely to give 
large entertainments, calling their attention to the destruction of 
the mountain laurel through its excessive use for decoration. 
“ There have been printed for distribution 71,000 leaflets, 28,- 
000 slips, and 600 cloth posters. These have been sent to hun¬ 
dreds of hotels and boarding-houses, colleges, private and public 
schools, libraries, women’s clubs, secretaries of village improve¬ 
ment and Audubon societies, shops, churches, publishing houses, 
and to individuals. 
“ The membership is now: individuals, 909; village improve¬ 
ment societies, 153; other organizations, 273. 
