AMERICAN FERN Society 63 
No report had been received from the Curator up 
to the time of going to press 
Dr. Charles Henry Holcombe, a member of the Society 
since 1897, died at Brookline, N. H., Feb. 23, 1920. 
Dr. Holeombe was born at Southwick, Mass., in 1859. 
He graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 
1886 and, after two years at Milford, N. H., removed 
to Brookline. There he resided for all the rest of his 
life, winning the respect and affection of his fellow- 
citizens and, as a physician, building up a practice 
which extended to much of the surrounding country. 
Even in his last illness he was wasn ministering to patients 
““when he was as bad as they. 
Dr. Holcombe’s interest in plants and natural history 
in general began early in life and was never lost. The 
“children of the wild” appealed to him, not only by their 
beauty and scientific interest, but as evidence of an all- 
wise Creator’s power and love. His “botany can” was 
a frequent companion in the intervals of his profes- 
sional duties, and he was often wont to bring to some 
house-bound patient, flowers of his latest collecting in 
wood and meadow. A record and memorial of his 
botanical work remains in the large herbarium which 
he had formed. 
New Members: 
Bass, Mrs. George, 85 71st St., Brooklyn, N 
Ferguson, William C., 60 Front St., Hempstead, N. Y. 
Wilsie, Elmer, J., Tomkins Cove, Rockland Co., N. Y. 
Youngs, Mrs. Jennie B., 309 South Seward Ave., Auburn, N. Y. 
Changes of address: 
Bear, Mrs. Charles U., 654 Putnam Ave., Detroit, Mich. 
Fellows, Dana W., 7671 Amboy Road, Tottenville, N. Y. 
Marshall, Dr. Ruth, Rockford College, Rockford, IIl. 
Ridlon, H. C., Green Mountain School, Bennington, Vt. 
Steil, Dr. William N., 115 South Warren St., Madison, Wis. 
Wilcox, Prof. Alice W., Brennan College, Gainesville, Ga. 
