26 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
The committee appointed some time ago to prepare 
a revision of the constitution finished their work during 
the year and their recommendations were adopted by a 
nearly unanimous vote. The most radical change made 
was the abolition of the advisory council—a body which, 
though excellent in theory, had not been found satis- 
factory in practice—and the transfer of its duties to a 
nominating committee, to be appointed each year by 
the President. The new plan had a trial at the annual 
election and worked well. It is gratifying also to re- 
cord that the number of votes cast, though still not as 
large as it should be, was larger than that recorded for 
any other year except 1910. 
A meeting of the Society was held at Philadelphia in 
connection with that of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science. A separate report of it 
will be published in the JourNAL. 
The Secretary will be grateful for the prompt cor- 
rection of any errors in the forthcoming list of mem- 
bers. 
C. A. WEATHERBY. 
East Hartrorp, Conn. 
Report of the Treasurer 
Financially the year has been most successful, not, 
however, to the extent that the large balance seems to 
indicate. The appended tabulation shows the condi- 
tion of the Society funds on December 31, 1914, at 
which time there were outstanding certain unsettled 
accounts properly chargeable to 1914. The bills for 
printing the JourNAL comprise the greater part of these 
unpaid claims and remain unpaid through no fault of 
the Treasurer, the delay being due largely to an un- 
fortunate series of errors in billing and validating over 
