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ANNUAL REPORTS— SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY— 1921 
Report of the President 
The Editor-in-Chief has just called for the Annual Report of the President 
This means that the January Bryologist is going to the printer, which is good 
news indeed. He also says that the Ji ly number is ready for distribution, 
to be quickly followed by the September and November issues. A year ago no 
one could have foreseen the printers' strike and all the difficulties following in 
its train, but the year has been lived through and the volume for 192 1 will soon 
be in our hands, telling of the faithful work of our members and contributors. 
Owing to my breaking up the homestead of seventy years, and moving from 
Brooklyn to Bronxville in September, I have been able to do very little active 
work for the Society. Also, now that I am devoting my time to geneological 
research, I find things botanical slipping awa> from me. -This has made a 
change in the presidency necessary, as it is most important that the President 
of our Society be an active worker in the cryptogamic field, and it is a great 
pleasure to turn over the duties and honors of the office to Prof. A. LeRoy Andrews. 
We shall all look forward to his putting new enthusiasm into all branches 
of our work. I bespeak for him the hearty cooperation of all members, as only by 
working together can we achieve the best results. 
I thank all my many botanical friends and co-workers for their help and 
encouragement in all times of doubt and perplexity, and I assure all that my 
interest in the Sullivant Moss Society will continue just as strong as ever, even 
though I am occupied with work in another field of endeavor, and I hope to 
retain this friendship in the years to come and will be pleased to hear from these 
friends in my new permanent home. 
no PONDFIELD ROAD, BrONXVILLE, N. Y. 
Annie Morrill Smith 
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 
The result of the balloting for Officers of the Sullivant Moss Society for the 
year 1922 resulted in the election. of the candidates nominated by the Executive 
Committee, viz- President, Dr. A. LeRoy Andrews, Ithaca, N. Y., Vice-President, 
Mr. C. C. Plitt, Baltimore, Md., Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Edward B. Chamber- 
lain, New York City. The total number of ballots cast was 70, all being for the 
candidates mentioned above. 
Having occasion to consult the report of last year in preparing the present 
one, the .Secretary-Treasurer was both amused and chagrined to note that the 
opening paragraphs contained a record of unfulfilled promises regarding the 
publication of The Bryologist very similar to the one which must now be laid 
before the Members of the Moss Society. There have been previously vexatious 
accidents and delays in the publication of the magazine, but nothing equalling 
the conditions which obtained in 192 1. Some explanation is certainly due the 
Members. On May ist a strike of the compositors began, which was almost 
nation wide. It was just in time to catch the publication of the May issue of 
