The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (18160927975)

Title: The American Museum journal

Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)

Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)

Authors: American Museum of Natural History

Subjects: Natural history

Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History

Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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director of the New York Botanical Garden, gave an illustrated lecture at the Smitliso- nian Institution, Washington, on the preser- vation of our native plants, and immediately following this, the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America Avas organized and has ever since cooperated with the Stokes Fund work at the New York Botanical Garden, the writer having acted as secretary of both for many years. In the same year the Society for the Protection of Native Plants was or- ganized in Boston. It not only has distrib- uted leaflets and posters free in all parts of New England but also has cooperated with various horticultural and botanical societies. The interest on the Stokes Fund has been used in various ways: first, to secure essays, leaflets, and posters that could be distributed to those wishing further information, or to protect their own property from depredation; second, for illustrated lectures to be deliv- ered to schools and colleges in various cities and towns; third, to reproduce in colors, paintings by Miss M. E. Eaton, of some of the rare wild flowers needing protection, ac- companied by descriptions; duplicates of these were distributed free to libraries, schools, colleges, and museums; fourth, to frame sets of these as Arbor Day prizes to the schools that agreed to compete and pledge themselves to cooperate in the Avork of con- servation; fifth, to prepare a set of colored lantern slides for use in Arbor Day and conservation talks. In the fifteen years since this work was systematically begun, the active cooperation of nearly all the schools and colleges of Greater New York has been secured, also that of various towns in the vicinity of New York. The Federation of Women's Clubs has expressed its approval and these clubs are carrying on local conservation projects in various parts of the United States. The Garden Clubs of America proclaim as one of their objects, "to aid in the protection of na- tive i^lants and birds," and many of them have been giving a series of lectures on both these topics as part of their programs. Chaj)- ters of the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America have been established in Wash- ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee, and have had a far-reaching and beneficial influence in each of these cities. Conservation of the birds and plants has been accepted as part of the nature work of the board of education of many towns, and the relation and interde- pendence of birds, insects, and jjlants has been emphasized in all our lectures; but thus far no simple and practical leaflet has been printed, that would emphasize the balance of life betweeen these groups. The Nature-Study Review, which is dedi- cated "Primarily to all Scientific Studies of

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