422 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



APPENDIX III. 



PHILADELPHIA Moss CHAPTER. 



The Philadelphia Moss Chapter was organized in 

 February, 1899, by those interested in the study of the moss 

 flora of the neighborhood. The following officers \veiv 

 elected : President, Dr. A. F. K. Krout ; Recording Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer, Mr. Alexander McElwee ; Correspond- 

 ing Secretary, Mrs. Josephine B. Lowe. The object of the 

 Chapter is to gather and classify the Musci hepatictr and Musci 

 frondosi of the neighborhood, and to gradually make an 

 herbarium of the typical forms found in the vicinity of the 

 city. 



APPENDIX IV. 



AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT 



of the 



Scientific Journals and Serial Publications 



Issued from Philadelphia. 



(Containing articles on botany, and from related departments of science.) 



1. Early Proceedings of the American Philosophical 

 Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, compiled 

 by one of the secretaries. From the Manuscript Minutes of 

 the Meetings from 1744 to 1838. Philadelphia, 1884, pp. iii, 

 1875, with index. 



2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 

 held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. 

 Volume I, octavo, for the years 1838, 18:5!) and 1840. 

 This publication has been continued to date. 



