98 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
New members: 
Bates, Miss Ethel, South Royalston, Mass. : ; 
Butters, Prof. Frederic K., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 
Minn. 
Child, W. A., 389 Hess St., S. Hamilton, Ontario. 
Clarkson, E. H., 41 Tyng St., Newburyport, Mass 
Lewis, Rev. Charles Smith, St. Mary’s Rectory, Burlington, N.J. 
McColl, W. R., Owen Sound, Ontario. : 
Scott, Mrs. Willard, 489 Washington St., Brookline, Mass. 
Changes of address: 
Greene, F. C., 30 North Yorktown St., Tulsa, Okla. _ 
Wertsner, Clayton S., 11th and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Through an exchange, the Society has just acquired 
a nearly complete set of the Philippine Journal of Sci- 
ence, Section C, Botany. This set contains a number 
of articles on tropical ferns by Dr. E. B. Copeland, 
and—with certain restrictions, since it is not yet bound— 
is available for lending to members. The missing null- 
bers are: Vol. 2, no. 6; Vol. 6, no. 1; and Vol. 7, 00% 
1-3. The Secretary will be obliged to any one who call 
tell him where these numbers can be procured. 
President Palmer has appointed the following cor 
mittee to nominate officers for 1918: Chairman, Mr. 
C. H. Bissell, Southington, Conn., Mr. Robert A. Ware 
and Dr. Philip Dowell. All concerned are remind 
that independent nominations made by any three mem 
bers in good standing and sent to the Chairman . the - 
Nominating Committee before August 20th, will be 
placed on the official ballot. 
