THE BRYOLOGIST, 



A DEPARTMENT OF THE FERN BULLETIN, 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF NORTH AMERICAN MOSSES. 

 ISSUED QUARTERLY. 



EDITED BY DR. A. J. GROUT, PLYMOUTH, N. EL, 

 To whom all correspondence regarding the mosses should be addressed. 



This department is issued separately at twenty-five cents a year. Sub- 

 scriptions should be addressed to the Fern Bulletin, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Vol. el July, 1899. No. 3. 



A BRYOLOGICAL MEMORIAL MEETING AT COLUM- 

 BUS, OHIO. 



/^">OLUMBUS was the home for many years of William S. Sul- 



livant and Leo Lesquereux, two names which will always 



awaken love and reverence from all students of North 

 American mosses and hepatics. It is twenty-six years since Sul- 

 livan t died, and this last quarter of the century has seen a marked 

 extension of the limits of bryological study and a large increase 

 in the number of students. It seems a fitting time and place to 

 take a survey of the field, review the past and make plans for the 

 future, hence it is proposed to make the coming meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, which is 

 to be held at Columbus, the occasion for a Memorial Day in honor 

 of the nestors of American bryology and to call on all botanists 

 and botanical magazines to help make the occasion a memorable 

 success. It is proposed to present a series of papers illustrated 

 by photographs, specimens and microscopical slides, as well as 

 books and pamphlets, under the following topics: Historical 

 papers and collections showing the bryological work of Hedwig, 

 Palisotde Beauvois, Michaux, Muhlenberg, Bride], Torrey, Drum- 

 mond, Hooker and Wilson, Greville, Sullivant and Lesquereux, 

 James and Watson, Austin, Ravenel, Wolle, Eaton and Faxon, 

 Miiiler and Gottsche. 



Supplementing: these there will be shown collections of speci- 

 mens, macroscopic and microscopic, illustrating the monographic 

 work of living American students. If foreign students who have 

 worked on North American Bryophytes can be persuaded to co- 

 operate with us, the following will be asked to contribute: Bes- 



