prepared by MM. Renauld and Cardot, a review of which may be found in the 

 September number of the Bryologist. Fortunately for posterity, the manu- 

 script was completed before the outbreak of the war and although it was the only 

 possession saved by M. Cardot we have reason to hope that the types and the 

 rest of his bryological collections are still uninjured! 



Dr. Hagen is continuing his series of exsiccatae and critical studies of Nor- 

 wegian mosses, making some changes in nomenclature, which, if adopted, will 

 affect the names of some North American species. M. Theriot has made an 

 interesting correction in the name of a Cuban species. Dr. Evans has made 

 some 35 additions to the Hepatic Flora of Quebec, and Fr. M. Victorin has also 

 been studying the cryptogamic flora of this region. Dr. Nichols has continued 

 his collections in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Dixon and Cardot have de- 

 scribed a fossil moss from the Pliocene, the only new species, Mnium antiquorum, 

 to be found in this volume, though Dr. Grout has made two new varietal com- 

 binations in Drepanocladus . Professor Holzinger and Professor Chamberlain 

 have continued to give us valuable reviews and Mr. Plitt, Dr. Conklin and Mr. 

 Kaiser still devote much time to the Society's collections. Dr. Jennings con- 

 tinues his able editing of the Bryologist. Mrs. Dunham has written a valuable 

 little introduction for nature students to the mosses, and Mr. Williams, Dr. 

 Andrews and myself are continuing our critical studies for North American Flora 

 and making additions to the floras of the West Indies, South America and the 

 Philippines. ^ 



Elizabeth G. Britton, President. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 



The past year has shown an improvement in the affairs of the Sullivant 

 Moss Society. The Secretary extends his congratulations upon the increase in 

 members and in subscriptions, as well as upon the increase in the number of 

 short notes in the magazine. He wishes members to bear this in mind, lest 

 they feel that some of the statements made below are of too pessimistic a nature. 



Eight new members have joined the Society during the past twelve months 

 in addition to seven new subscribers to the Bryologist, the membership now 

 totalhng 137, besides a subscription list of over 60. This growth is a source of 

 great satisfaction. But all members of the Society should make every effort to 

 bring about a further increase. We need two hundred members, and young 

 members, if the Society is to prosper. 



The subscriptions mentioned above are largely those of libraries and repre- 

 sent a source of income that is likely to be steady. A careful estimate of condi- 

 tions places the probable annual revenue of the Society in dues and subscriptions 

 as approximately $275.00, exclusive of sales of back numbers and other incidentals. 

 An effort has been made this year to keep expenditures at about the figure named 

 above. The item of expense for the Hasse lichens, it is hoped, may be later 



