THE LINNAEAN FERN CHAPTER 



OF THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



President, C E. WATERS, Baltimore, Md. 



Vice-President, Mks. A. D. Dean. Scranton. Pa. 



Secretary, Alvah A. Eaton, Seabrouk, N. H. 



Treasurer^ Jas. A. Graves, Susquehanna. Pa. 



Fern lovers are cordially invited to join the Chapter. Active member- 

 ship costs $i oo annually ; Associate, soc This journal is sent to boih classes 

 free Application for membership should be made to either President or 

 Secretary. 



Items for this department should be sent to Mr. C. E Waters,' Johns Hop- 

 kins University, Baltimore, Md 



— The report of the officers for 1897 will be issued some time in 

 January and will be mailed to all members of the Chapter. It 

 will contain a revised list of the members, and all who wish to 

 make anv change in their address should notify the Secretary at 

 once. — C. 



— The following new members have been admitted to the Chap- 

 ter since October 1st: Miss Elizabeth Billings, Woodstock, Vt., 

 C. H. Holcomb, Brookline, N. H., active, and Miss Mina K. God- 

 dard, Lexington, Mass., associate. Miss Lura L. Perrine, an as- 

 sociate member, has changed to the active list. — C. 



— The October election has given us the following officers for 

 1S9S: President. C. E. Waters; Vice-President, Mrs. A. D. Dean; 

 Secretary, Alvah A. Eaton ; Treasurer, Jas. A Graves. The vote 

 for President resulted in a tie between Messrs. C. E. Waters and 

 Will R. Maxon, which the Executive Council decided in favor of 

 President Waters. The full report of votes cast will appear in 

 the annual report.— C. 



— The plan for giving a fern book to members of the Chapter 

 worked so advantageously last year that preparations for repeat- 

 ing the experiment are already being made. It is the intention 

 of the Executive Council to place as much fern literature in the 

 hands of our members as possible. A new fern book is nearly 

 ready and will shortly be mailed to all active members whose 

 dues are paid for 1898. The Treasurer, whose address appears at 

 the head of this department, will promptly acknowledge all dues 

 sent him. Associate members who wiso to change to the active 

 list may do so by sending the proper amount for dues with notice 

 that they desire to change. — C. 



