62 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
Dr. R. C. Benedict, Prof. E. J. Winslow and Mr. C. A. 
Weatherby, as joint editors, they to be at liberty to ar- 
range the division of their work as may seem best to 
them.” 
The request for copies of the Fern Bulletin in the 
President’s report has met with a generous response. 
Particularly noteworthy gifts are those of Mrs. W. F. 
Brooks, who has presented to the Society all of the rare 
early numbers of the Bulletin up to Vol. V, with one 
exception, and of Mr. J. R. Swinerton, who has given 
6 numbers of the Bulletin, including Vols. VI-XI 
complete, and eight miscellaneous pamphlets relating 
to the Society. The number missing from Mrs. Brooks’s 
set has been purchased and the Society now has a full 
set of Vols. I-XI of the Bulletin, with the exception of 
Vol. V, no. 2. If anyone knows where this number can 
be obtained, the Secretary will be glad to hear of it. 
Other gifts, which are hereby gratefully acknowledged, 
are: From Mr. A. W. Driggs of East Hartford, Conn., 
5 numbers of the Bulletin; from Mr. F. C. Greene, 6 
numbers of the Bulletin and title-pages and contents 
of Vols. XII-XVI; from Mrs. M. A. Noble, 3 copies of 
officers’ reports; from Mr. E. J. Winslow, 2 numbers of 
the Bulletin. 
In connection with the meeting of the American As- 
sociation for the Advancement of Science at San Fran- 
cisco, an informal meeting of the Fern Society will be 
held at Berkeley in the rooms of the Herbarium, Hearst 
Mining Building, University of California, at 2 P. M., 
Monday, Aug. 2nd. At this meeting Professor and Mrs. 
Hall, Dr. Badé, and, it is hoped, Mr. S. B. Parish and 
Mr. H. H. Tracy will be present to welcome eastern 
members and to arrange for field excursions on which 
