THE BRYOLOGIST 



A DEPARTMENT OF THE FERN BULLETIN, 



DEVOTED TO THE STLDY OF NORTH AMERICAN MOSSES. 

 ISSUED QUARTERLY. 



EDITED BY DR. A. J. GROUT, PLYMOUTH, N. H. 

 To whom all correspondence regarding the mosses should be addressed. 



This department is issued separately at twenty-five cents a year. Subscriptions 

 should be addressed to the Fern Bulletin. Binghamton, N. Y. 



Vol. II. July, 1899. No. 3. 



A BRYOLOGICAL MEMORIAL MEETING AT COLUM- 

 BUS, OHIO. 



COLUMBUS was the home for many years of William S. Sul- 

 livant and Leo Lesquereux, two names which will always 

 awaken love and reverence from all students of North 

 American mosses and hepatics. It is twenty-six years since Sul- 

 livant died, and this last quarter of the century has seen a marked 

 extension of the limits of bryological study and a large increase 

 in the number of students. It seems a fitting time and place to 

 take a survey of the field, review the past and make plans for the 

 future, hence it is proposed to make the coming meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, which is 

 to be held at Columbus, the occasion for a Memorial Day in honor 

 of the Nestors of American bryology and to call on all botanists 

 and botanical magazines to help make the occasion a memorable 

 success. It is proposed to present a series of papers illustrated 

 by photographs, specimens and microscopical slides, as well as 

 books and pamphlets, under the following topics: Historical papers 

 and collections showing the br>^ological work of Hedwig, Palisot 

 de Beauvois, Michaux, Muhlenberg, Bridel, Torrey, Drummond 

 Hooker and Wilson, Greville, SuUivant and Lesquereux, James 

 and Watson, Austin, Ravenel, WoUe, Eaton and Faxon, Mullet 

 and Gottsche. 



Supplementing these there will be shown collections of speci- 

 mens, macroscopic and micrqscopic, illustrating the monographic 

 work of living American students. If foreign students who have 

 worked on North American Bryophytes can be persuaded to coop- 

 erate with us, the following will be asked to contribute: Bes- 



