102 American Ferx Journal 



To the Members: 



Your president has had two matters brought to his 

 attention on which it seems desirable to get an expres- 

 sion of the wishes of the members. One is as to whether 

 the Fern Society shall hold a meeting at Philadelphia in 

 connection with the meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, Dec. 28th to Jan. 

 2d; the other is as to whether the Fern Society shall 

 hold a meeting in connection with those to be held by 

 other natural history societies at San Francisco in 

 April next year. It is desirable that your officers should 

 be informed as to whether there would be a probable 



attendance at such meetings sufficient to justify arrang- 

 ing for them. 



Will 



could attend 



either of these meetings, if held, send a postal giving 

 the information to the Secretary of the Fern Society, 

 so that your officers may be able to act intelligently.' 



C. H. Bissell, President. 



George F. Cleveland was killed by electric shock at 



Miraflores Locks, on the Panama Canal, on May 23, 

 1914. J 



Mr. Cleveland was born in Oneonta. X. Y., in 1876. 

 From his earliest boyhood he was deeply interested in 

 the natural sciences, and while at Brown University 

 became a member of the Louis Agassiz Society. He 

 was the possessor of a large collection of Lepidoptera 

 of the United States, and, later, of the Isthmus of 

 Panama. Entomology was always his favorite hobby. 

 About eight years ago he became interested in the study 

 of ferns, and joined the Fem Society. 



His last four years were spent in the service of the 

 Isthmian Canal Commission at Porto Bello, Panama, 

 and his life was lost in the service of his country. 



