CATALOGUE OF NORTH AMERICAN FERNS. 



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resolution was adopted, and the Chair appointed Charles O. Whit- 

 more, Marshall P. Wilder and Benjamin G. Smith, as the Com- 

 mittee. 



Marshall P. Wilder, Chairman of the Committee appointed 

 January 2 to present a testimonial to Ex-President William C. 

 Strong, read a letter from Mr. Strong, acknowledging the receipt 

 of the testimonial. 



Marshall P. Wilder announced to the Society the decease of 

 Frederick Clapp and Henry W. Button, and on motion, Marshall 

 P. Wilder, William C. Strong and Charles M. Hovey, were ap- 

 pointed a Committee to present suitable resolutions. 



On motion, the President was authorized to appoint twenty-five 

 delegates to represent this Society at the meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society, at Chicago. 



Frank Becker, of Belmont, 

 Mrs. S. M. Downes, of Andover, 

 David G. D wight, of Boston, 

 were elected to membership. 



Adjourned to Saturday, June 19. 



Catalogue of North American Ferns in the Herbarium pre- 

 sented TO the Massachusetts .Horticultural Society, by 

 George E. Davenport, June 5, 1875. 



Acrostichum aureum, L. 

 Polypodium Plumula, H. B. K. 



" vulgare, L. 



" intermedium, H. & A. 



" incanum, Sivz. 



" Scouleri, H. & G. 



" Californicum, Klf. 



" Phyllitidis, L. 



" aureum, L. 



Gymnogramme triangularis, ^Z/". 



" pedata, Klf. 



Notholsena sinuata, Klf. 



" ferruginea. Hook. 



" cretacea, Mett. 



Notholsena dealbata, Kunze. 

 " Fendleri, Kunze. 

 " Newberryi, Eaton. 



" Panyi, Eaton, n. sp. 



" tenera. Gillies. 



Cheilanthes Californica, Mett. 



" Wrightii, Hook. 



" Alabamensis, Kunze. 



" microphylla, Swz. 



" Fendleri, Hook. 



" vestita, Sioz. 



" Lindheimeri, Hook. 



" gracillima, Eaton. 



" tomentosa, Link. 



