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cents for postage to Homer D. House, National Museum, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



— No regular meeting of the Chapter will be held this year 

 in affiliation with the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, but since several members of the Chapter are 

 likely to be present, an informal meeting is proposed. The 

 Association meets in Philadelphia, December 27 to January 2. 

 All fern students who are likely to be present will be given 

 further particulars upon application to Secretary Osmun. 



— The twelfth annual election of the Chapter, held in October, 

 resulted in the selection of the following officers for the year 

 1905: President, James H. Ferris, Joliet, 111.; Vice-President, 

 Dana W. Fellows, Portland, Maine ; Secretary, A. Vincent 

 Osmun, Amherst, Mass. ; Treasurer, C. F. Saunders, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. This is the first time in the history of the Chapter 

 that the presidency has gone to a candidate west of the Atlantic 

 States. Since all business is done by correspondence, however, 

 geographical position is of no consequence so long as good officers 

 ire secured. A full report of the election will be given in the 

 Annual Report soon to be issued. 



— We have recently received from Mr. H. E. Ransier, Man- 

 Hus, N. Y., three very fine photographs showing Scolopendrium 

 and Pellaca at Green Pond, near Jamesville, N. Y. It is not 

 an easy task to photograph scores of plants of Pellaea gracilis 

 so that even the pinnae may be distinctly seen, but Mr. Ransier 

 has accomplished it. 



