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ANNUAL REPORTS SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY. 
PRESIDENT’S REPORT. 
Another good year may be recorded for the Sullivant Moss Society. 
With the constantly increasing membership, a wider geographical distribu- 
tion of its members, and an even better Bryologist we may expect a still 
more beneficial year to follow. An examination of the list of members with 
regard to geographical distribution is rather striking. Of the forty- six states 
in the Union, twenty-five are represented. Besides these we have members 
from the District of Columbia, Nova Scotia, Canada, British Columbia, 
Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Philipine Islands, Japan, Syria, Finland, 
Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, England, Ireland. This gives a splen- 
did opportunity for the exchange of mosses from different parts of the world. 
This is one feature of the club of which the writer believes that the members 
could take greater advantage than they do at present; allowance must of 
course be made for the interest of members and the time at their disposal 
for “offerings.” However, to determine mosses, liverworts or lichens, a good 
herbarium is almost indispensable. The Bryologist has printed some ex- 
cellent articles this year, and we expect these to continue. The writer won- 
ders whether other members also feel the lack of efficient keys to the genera 
and species of the bryophytes and lichens, especially the latter. It is to be 
hoped that some members may undertake the publication of good keys to the 
various genera, for use by members who are not specialists in the work. 
T. C. Frye; 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
The Sullivant Moss Society had in January, 1908, a membership roll of 
172 names. During the year ten members have withdrawn, and two have 
died, Mr. T. W. Naylor Beckett, of New Zealand, and Mrs. Amelia F. Eby, 
of Lancaster, Pa. Twenty-four "hew members have joined us so that we 
start out in 1909 with 184 names on our list of members. 
The Society Moss Herbarium has been enriched by contributions from 
various members. Owing to the kindness of Dr. William Trelease, Director 
of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, a place has been found for our Uerbarium 
in the nearly fireproof quarters where the Garden Herbarium is stored. 
The Secretary has tried as far as his time has permitted to get in touch 
with as many members as possible, many of whom display a great deal of 
enthusiasm and interest. Mr. Chamberlain has relieved the Secretary of a 
great deal of the work that former secretaries have done by naming mosses 
and securing the offerings for The Bryologist. 
During the past year there have been offered for free distribution to the 
members of the Sullivant Moss Society fifty species of mosses, exclusive of 
hapatics and lichens, contributed by twenty different members. These speci- 
mens can be secured by any member for the price of the return postage. In 
order to make this possible for members not resident in the United States, 
and hence compelled to pay a much greater postage rate, Mr. Chamberlain 
some two or three years ago undertook to secure specimens of all the moss 
