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The Plant World, founded in 1897, passed through several changes in ownership and emphasis during its 23 years, first as a privately published botanical magazine, then as the house organ of the Wild Flower Preservation Society, and finally as an unofficial publication of the Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Tucson, Arizona. In 1911 Forrest Shreve became the eighth and final editor of the Plant World. Under his management, it became a respected scientific journal with a strong emphasis on plant ecology and physiology. The Ecological Society of America acquired the Plant World in 1920 and continued publication under the title Ecology.