The Wild Flower Preservation 
Society of America. 
ORGANIZED APRIL 23, 1902, AT NEW YORK, N. Y. 
The objects of this Society are to encourage the preservation of 
Native Plants both in Private and Public Lands and to protect them from 
destruction by Fire. To secure the enforcement of the Laws governing 
such preservation and to induce such further legislation as shall be deemed 
advisable. Any person in sympathy with the aims of the Society may 
become a member. The annual dues are fifty cents, with the Plant 
World $ 1 . 25 . Any one may become a Fellow upon payment of $ 25.00 
or a Patron upon payment of $ 100 . Local Chapters may be organized 
for special purposes. The cooperation of all teachers, Women’s Clubs, 
Village Improvement and Civic Associations is earnestly solicited. This 
Society aims to cooperate with Boards of Education and State and Na¬ 
tional Forest Associations, also to distribute posters and literature, and 
to arrange for lectures and meetings. 
OFFICERS FOR 1905. 
President , Professor Charles E. Bessey, University of Nebraska. 
Vice-President, Mr. Joseph Crawford, Philadelphia, Penn. 
Secretary , Mrs. N. L. Britton, New York Botanical Garden, N. Y. City. 
Treasurer , Doctor C. E. Waters, Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 
Honorary ^ice-Presidents , 
Miss Olivia Phelps-Stokes, 
Miss Caroline Phelps-Stokes. 
BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
TERMS EXPIRE 1905 
Professor L. H. Bailey, Cornell University. 
Mr. E. L. Morris, Washington High Schools. 
Mr. C. L. Pollard, Springfield, Mass. 
Professor F. E. Lloyd, Columbia University. 
TERMS EXPIRE 1906 
Mr. C. D. Beadle, Biltmore Herbarium. 
Professor Stanley Coulter, Purdue University. 
Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Field Columbian Museum,Chicago. 
Professor L. M. Underwood, Columbia University. 
TERMS EXPIRE J907 
Professor William Trelease, Missouri Botanical Garden. 
Mr. Frederick V. Coville, U./S. Dept, of Agriculture. 
Professor W. A. Kellerman, Ohio State University. 
Professor C. F. Wheeler, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 
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