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| Formation | 1902 |
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| Dissolved | 1933 |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Plant conservation |
Region | United States |
The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America is a defunct American non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of native plants.
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| Formation | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1933 |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Plant conservation |
Region | United States |
The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America is a defunct American non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of native plants.
The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America was organized in 1902, using funds from a gift of $3000 from Olivia Stokes and Caroline Phelps Stokes to the New York Botanical Garden. [1] [2] The first meeting was held on April 23, 1902; Frederick Vernon Coville was elected president, Charles Louis Pollard was elected secretary, and Elizabeth Gertrude Britton was elected to the Board of Managers. [3] [4] Other members of the board included Charles Edwin Bessey, Liberty Hyde Bailey, William Trelease, Charles Frederick Millspaugh, and Alice Eastwood. [3] The Society established numerous local chapters. [4] It was incorporated in the state of New York in 1915. [1]
For a time, the Society published The Plant World, [5] a journal that began publication in 1897.
By 1924, the scope of this formerly national organization was limited to New York. [1]
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The Wild Flower Preservation Society was an American non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of native plants.