Dr. Caver's treatment of the Musci is much less satisfactory to the Editor 

 than that of the Hepaticece. His statement that the old distinction of Acrocarpi 

 and Plurccarpi must be abandoned for many reasons, one of which is that " Many 

 pleurocarpOMS forms occur among such acrocarpus families and genera ai Leu- 

 cohryacecB, Fissidens, Pleuroweisia, etc." has much force, but when he says "A 

 line may be traced, for instance, from the acrocarpous Orthotrichacece through 

 intermediate forms like the HedwigidcecB and CryphceacecB to such typically 

 pleurocarpous forms as Eurhynchium and Hylocomium" most moss students will 

 be ynable to perceive the accuracy of the statement, unless the steps are more 

 numerous than indicated. 



The work is well worth the attention of every student of the relationships 

 and classification of the Bryophytes and ito quite full bibliography will be of aid 

 in selecting other literature along the same line. 



THE BRYOLOGIGAL COLLECTIONS OF DR. EMILIO LEVIER 



A brief notice of the death of Dr. Levier appeared in the last Bryologist. 

 His collections of mosses and hepatics are for sale and Mme. Levier has sent me 

 a list of the names of the collectors and the places where they collected and states 

 that the herbarium is estimated to contain 47,000 specimens, in 483 genera, and 

 12,372 species. Of these, 8,836 are mosses and 3,536 are hepatics. They are 

 unmounted and contained in 120 packages with about 15 others which have not 

 been incorporated. It is a large and a valuable collection. Lists may be had 

 on application to me, also lists of his books for sale. 



Elizabeth G Brixton. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY 



President's Report 



Although the president has played but a small part in furthering the aims 

 of the Sullivant Moss Society during the past year, he is able to report progress 

 and a continued interest in the work on the part of the members. He still 

 recommends the careful collection of material, even in regions which have been 

 more or less explored, and is encouraged by the work of this character which has 

 already been done. The study of variation under different environmental 

 condition^, is another field in which valuable results may be expected. 



The following year will mark a number of changes in the Advisory Board 

 of the Society, Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith becoming Vice-President in place of 

 Mis. C. C. Haynes, Mr. E. B. Chamberlain succeeding Mrs. Smith, as Treasurer, 



