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REPORT 



OF THE 



Sullivant Moss Chapter. 



RFPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



A report of the official acts of the President during the past year must 

 of a necessity be very brief, as those acts have been so few. He has helped 

 the Secretary in identifying a few difficult mosses communicated by mem- 

 bers, edited the items for the Moss Chapter page of the Bryologist, and 

 made suggestions about the amendments of the Constitution and the can- 

 didates for office He feels that the greatest service he has rendered to the 

 Chapter is the work done in securing the board of officers for 1901. Our 

 new President unties bryological knots with such apparent ease that you may 

 be tempted to send all your puzzles to him. Don't do it ! He is a very busy 

 men, but also very obliging, and for these reasons we want to save him as 

 much as possible. Send all except the very worst to Mrs. Smith. If they 

 prove too much for her, she will send them to Dr. Best. Mrs. Smith has 

 done most of the Chapter work for the past year, and I hope you will let her 

 know of your appreciation whenever possible. Our new Vice-President is 

 one of the most indefatigable collectors in the Chapter and has already made 

 many interesting discoveries. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



In submitting the Second Annual Report of the Sullivant Moss Chapter, 

 a most gratifying degree of prosperity is observed. Our membership list 

 now stands at 92, showing an increase of 34 during the year. The number 

 of those in more or less regular correspondence with the Secretary has 

 increased. It was the intention to keep an accurate account of all letters 

 written and of the mosses identified, but this turned out to be impossible 

 under the circumstances. It is enough to say that the studies of some twenty 

 have been supervised, and much mutyal profit has been the result. The 

 mosses collected have come in from a wide range of territory, our member- 

 ship covering 20 States, the District of Columbia, and Canada. Some have 

 remembered the Chapter while visiting California and the Pacific coast. 



A good beginning for the Chapter Herbarium has been made. At the 

 meeting on June 27, 1900, at the Museum of the New York Botanical Gar- 



