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Members offering specimens are requested to send to me at the address 
below a quantity of their offerings sufficient to meet the demands of the 
foreign members. Then if those members who are not residents of the 
United States or of Canada, will send me a list of such specimens as they 
wish to have, accompanied by stamps, even of their own countries, I will for- 
ward to them the specimens desired. If the foreign members wish to offer 
specimens, they may, if they wish, send me their entire offering and I will 
gladly undertake the distribution of the same. In each case, those speci- 
mens which are not distributed will be returned to the owners if they so 
desire. 
This scheme is, of course, not obligatory, it being proposed merely as a 
means to facilitate the exchange of specimens. 
Edward B. Chamberlain, President, 
1830 Jefferson Place, Washington, D. C. 
SULLIVANT MOSS CHAPTER ANNUAL REPORTS. 
REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF ELECTIONS. 
Miss Mary F, Miller, 
Secretary Sullivant Moss Chapter. 
The following report of the election of officers of the Chapter for the 
year 1906 is respectfully submitted: 
Whole number of ballots cast . 16 
For President — Mr. E. B. Chamberlain ... 16 
For Vice-President — Mr. G. K. Merrill . 15 
For Vice-President — Mrs. C. W. Harris ... 1 
For Secretary — Dr. John W. Bailey . '. 16 
For Treasurer — Mrs. Annie M. Smith . . . 16 
Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Merrill, Dr. Bailey and Mrs. Smith are elected. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Cora H. Clarke. 
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 
To the Members of the Sullivant Moss Chapter: 
During the year just ended the affairs of the Sullivant Moss Chapter 
have progressed most satisfactorily. The increase in membership has been 
constant, the quality of the work done has steadily improved, and the mem- 
bers have shown a rapidly increasing ability to determine their own collec- 
tions. 
The most noteworthy happening is the welcome decision to admit to 
membership persons not residents of the United States or Canada. At the 
present writing eight foreign members are on the Chapter roll. This fact to 
me seems most hopeful, inasmuch as it marks a decisive step towards broad- 
ening the usefulness of the Chapter and facilitates keeping in touch with 
bryological and lichenological activity elsewhere. For the present at least, 
the main efforts of the Society must be directed towards the stimulation of a 
