Report of the Secretary for 1919 
The past year for the Society has been a quiet one. 
No meetings have been held or special activities under- 
taken. 
A few gifts have been received by the Society. Mrs. 
Judith H. Coffin, a short time before her death, do- 
nated vols. 13 to 18 of the Fern Bulletin and vols. 1 to 7 
of the AMERICAN Fern Journau. Dr. R. C. Benedict 
presented a number of copies of reprints of articles by 
him for distribution to the members. Mr. C. H. Knowl- 
ton gave the manuscript of Mr. Raynal Dodge’s letter 
giving a detailed account of the discovery of Aspidium 
simulatum and Aspidium cristatumx marginale. 
Mr. E. W. Graves distributed a few specimens of 
Botrychium alabamense and B. biternatum from Ala- 
bama, among the members. 
Six members have died: Mrs. Judith Hopkins Coffin, 
Amedée Joseph Hans, Kenneth Bradford Laird, in 
Federal Service, Miss Lura L. Perrine, Mrs. Kelton E. 
White (née Miss Blanche A. Turner), and Miss Mary 
Louise Utley. 
Four members have resigned. Thirteen have been 
dropped for non-payment of dues, already two years in 
arrears: among these the present addresses of Miss 
Margaret Slosson and Rev. H. G. Limric are unknown. 
Sixteen new members have been received and the 
membership (December 31, 1919) stands at 258, a loss 
of seven over last year. Mr. Leston A. Wheeler has 
changed from an ordinary to a life member. 
The readjustment and increased cost of living, after 
the war, has probably had much to do with the loss in 
membership. If 50 new members could be added next 
year it would both enlarge the field of influence of 
the Society and place it on a more permanent basis. 
Let each member at least attempt to influence one of 
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