Report of the Judge of Elections 
_ To THE SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY: 
The undersigned, Judge of Elections by appointment 
of President Charles H. Bissell, respectfully presents 
the following report of the balloting at the annual 
election held in October, 1916: 
Whole number of ballots cast....... . a We ahem ate se a eee oa ae 
‘or President For Vice-President 
‘William: Palitier 3 0203.30.55). 02 ~ irs, Mary A. Noble.......... 92 
Re Bh OR ei Aco de seal EO Ree, Jobe Davia. 636° 5 2 
For Secretary : For Treasurer 
Charles A. Weatherby......... 94 Jay G. Underwood............ 
: WOE 2E S| oss ee ee 
Amendment to Article III of the Constitution fain. (ie ee 
not voting. ....44....5 8 
I therefore declare the election of Mr. William Palmer 
as President, Mrs. Mary A. Noble as Vice-President, 
Mr. Charles A. Weatherby as Secretary, and Mr. Jay G. 
Underwood as Treasurer of the American Fern Society 
for 1917, and the adoption of the proposed amendment 
to Article III of the Constitution. 
M. A. MARSHALL. 
Stitt River, Mass., NovemMBer 7, 1916. 
The Journau has received from Mr. C. L. Gruber 
a most interesting account of his experiences with a 
fern garden. Many of our other members have tried 
their hands more or less at growing ferns. If enough 
will send in, say during the next two months, notes, 
long or short, about their experiences, the Editors will 
issue a fern garden number of the JOURNAL. 
Mr. Carhart and Mr. Killip are following the excellent 
example set by Mr. Topping some time ago. The 
former is to give the Society herbarium a complete set 
of the New Jersey ferns he has collected, and the latter — 
a set of his Jamaican ferns. What an herbarium we 2 
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