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to hand without injury, and be submitted to close examination. For talks to- 

 beginners, we can think of nothing more useful than such a series. Miss Haynes's 

 exhibit was a checklist of North American hepatics, in card-catalogue form, 

 which has formed the basis of the various checklists which have been issued by 

 her and Dr. Evans. A new and revised edition of this is promised for the coming 

 spring. 



The formal session for the reading of papers was opened shortly after eleven 

 o'clock. In the absence of the President, Mr. Chamberlain was appointed 

 President, pro tern., and Mr. Kaiser, Secretary for the meeting. The first paper, 

 by Dr. Evans, discussed various species of hepatics that have recently been found 

 in the United States, each being illustrated by lantern slides. Dr. Herre's paper 

 gave a resume of the physical and floral conditions that characterize Whatcome 

 County, Washington, which occupies what may be called "the northern northwest 

 corner of the United States." The paper concluded with a tentative list of 124 

 species and varieties from the region. The morning session closed with Miss 

 Levy's description of the successful experiments she had made in germinating 

 the spores of various species of mosses upon nutrient agar, as illustrated by the 

 material on exhibition. The meeting then adjourned for luncheon. 



At the afternoon session, Mrs. Dunham told of the methods used by her in 

 talking about the common mosses to audiences of school children in connection 

 with museum talks. She spoke especially of the interest taken by the Camp- 

 fire Girls and the Boy Scouts, and by still younger children as well, and of the 

 readiness with which they learn to distinguish many of the commoner species. 

 Dr. M. A. Howe then spoke of the interesting species of the Ricciaceae that 

 have recently been discovered in the Southern United States, illustrating his 

 remarks by lantern slides and photographs of living material from the green- 

 houses of the New York Botanical Garden. Dr. Riddle gave a historical summary 

 of the genus Parmeliopsis, Nyl., illustrating the talk by sketches, and outlining 

 the difficulty that often exists in determining the precise application of specific 

 and generic names. Miss Lorenz outlined a trip taken to Mr. Katahdin, Maine, 

 during the past summer, and the various collections of hepatics made during 

 that time. This article will be published in the next issue of The Bryologist. 

 It is unnecessary to describe, also, Mrs. Smith's historical account of the Society, 

 from the start as a "corner" in the " Fern Bulletin'' to its present condition. We 

 have all read it. But the Secretary is sure that Mrs. Smith will accept our ex- 

 pression of pleasure that she could meet with us, and our appreciation of all that 

 she has done herself to make the Society possible. 



The meeting closed with an exhibition of over fifty lantern slides of mosses, 

 photographed by Dr. Grout, who accompanied the slides with a running comment, 

 and prefaced this by a brief outline of the methods used in obtaining the photo- 

 graphs. This was a most interesting feature of the meeting, and served to bring 

 to all the real atmosphere of outdoors. Adjournment followed at about four 

 o'clock. The Society is indebted to the courtesy of the Botanical Department 

 of Columbia University for the arrangements for the meeting place and for many 



