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Report of the Election of Officers for 1920 



In response to the ballot sent out November 19th, 1919, to all members of 

 the SuUivant Moss Society, sixty replies were received. The voting returns are 

 as follows: for President, Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith, 59, Dr. L. W. Riddle, i; 

 for Vice President, Dr. L. W. Riddle, 59, Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith, i; ,for Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer, Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain, 59. Accordingly, Mrs. Smith, 

 Dr. Riddle, and Mr. Chamberlain are elected. 



Report of the Curator of the Moss Herbarium for 1919 



During the last year noteworthy mosses from northwestern Ontario, col- 

 lected by Dr. O. E. Jennings, were determined and he will later report more fully 

 upon these specimens. Among rare species were Splachnum ampullaceum L. 

 and Tetraplodon bryoides (Zoeg.) Lindb. Mr. H. C. Beardslee contributed 

 mosses from the neighborhood of Asheville, N. C, which well represent the more 

 frequent bryophytes of that region. 



Among other welcome contributors and correspondents are: Mrs. E. G. 

 Britton, Mrs. Aravilla Taylor, Mrs. R. L. Lowe, Mrs. Ella L. Horr, Mr. R. S. 

 Nanz, and Mr. E. B. Chamberlain. A number of personal letters were sent out 

 with the object of stimulating interest, but, notwithstanding, the year has been 

 an inactive one in correspondence with our membeis. Once more we hope for a 

 livelier bryological interest in 1920, the Curator remaining, as ever, ready to de- 

 termine specimens and carry on exchanges, provided that sufficient material 

 for exchange be sent in. 



The Herbarium at present numbers 4,121 specimens, representing 1,194 

 species and varieties, contained in 257 genera. 



George B. Kaiser, Curator 

 232 West Mt. Pleasant Ave., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 1919. 



Report of the Hepatic Department for the year 1919 



The herbarium acquired during the past year three hundred and fourteen 

 specimens; total number, five thousand two hundred and twenty-three. Small 

 collections were sent by the following members: Mrs. Frank E. Lowe, Rev. H. 

 Dupret, Rev. Demetrio, and Mr. G. K. Merrill. Mr. G. M. Pendleton sent 

 thirty pockets each of the following rare species to be distributed to important 

 foreign and local herbaria: Cephalozia affims Lindb., fruited, and Jungermannia 

 cordifolia Hook., fruited. This good example should be followed. Mrs. Brittor, 

 very thoughtfully, sent several reprints of species figured and described, which 

 can be usefully placed in our Society herbarium. Miss C. C. Haynes contributed 

 nearly an entire set of Husnot's Hepaticae Galliae and various specimens from 

 her herbarium. 



