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following report of the ballotting for officers of the 

 American Fern Society for 1915: 



Whole number of ballots SI 



For President For Secretary 



Mr. Chas. H. Bissell 58 Mr. Chas. A. Weafcherby. . . .56 



Prof. A. Vincent Osmun 23 Mr. Stewart H. Burnbam. . . .25 



For Vice-president For Treasurer 



Rev. John Davis 55 Mr. Fred G. Floyd 56 



Mr. Harold W. Preta 25 Mr. J. C. Underwood 24 



Miss Nellie Mirick 1 



I therefore declare the elction of Mr. Chas. H. Bissell 



as President, Rev. John Davis as Vice-president, Mr, 



Chas. A. Weatherby as Secretary, and Mr. Fred G. 

 Floyd as Treasurer, of the American Fern Society for 



1915. 



Paxline Kaufman. 



No. 173 East 124th St., New York City. 

 Nov. 1, 1914. 



American Fern Society Meeting 



A meet ins of the American Fern Society will be held 



at Philadelphia on December 28th and 29th, 1914, at 



the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Race Street. 

 The exercises will open on Monday December 29th, 

 at 8:00 o'clock, p. m., with a paper by Mr. P. C. Stand- 

 ley, on "The Ferns of New Mexico," followed by a 



symposium on 



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others and illustrated by specimens from the Society 

 and private herbaria. Members are urged to meet for 



dinner at six o'clock at the Bourse Building Restaurant, 

 eighth floor, corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets, on 



Monday evening the 28th. On Tuesday, December 



29th, at 10:00 a. in., will be an exhibit of specimens with 



talks on local ferns by members of the society. It is 



planned to have on exhibition specimens of as many as 



