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SULLIVANT MOSS CHAPTER ANNUAL REPORTS. 
REPORT OF JUDGE OF ELECTIONS. 
Miss Mary F. Miller, December i, 1904. 
Secretary, Sullivant Moss Chapter. 
The following report of the election of officers of the Chapter for the 
year 1905 is respectfully submitted: 
For President — Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain 20 
Vice-Pres. — Mrs. Carolyn W. Harris 21 
“ Secretary — Miss Mary F. Miller 20 
“ Treasurer — Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith 21 
The above candidates are elected. 
Agnes Chase, 
Judge of Elections. 
REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 
The following statement for the year beginning December 1, 1903, and 
ending December 1, 1904, is respectfully submitted: 
Receipts: 
cash in hand Dec. 1, 1903.. 
“ to balance from Miss 
Wheeler ... 
$15 
57 
Disbursements : 
To the Bryologist.. 
$96 30 
1 
65 
“ Express. 
“ Postage and Stationery.. 
2 85 
9 53 
“ sale of Herbarium 
Cases 
1 
50 
$108 68 
Dues from Members. . . . 
118 
88 
Cash in hand Dec. 1, 1904. .. 
28 92 
$137 
60 
$137 60 
Annie Morrill Smith, Treasurer. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
The records of the Sullivant Moss Chapter for 1904 show a gratifying 
continuance of its usual prosperity. There are now one hundred and thirty- 
eight members, twenty-two new ones having been added during the year. 
We have lost five members; four have withdrawn, and I regret to record 
the death of Mrs. Emilia C . Anthony. Mrs. Anthony always displayed an 
active interest in bryology, and contributed generously to the Chapter 
Herbarium. 
There are at present nearly one thousand three hundred specimens in 
the Herbarium of the Moss Department of the Chapter, representing three 
hundred and eighty-one species and varieties and one hundred and nine 
genera, one hundred and fifty-nine new specimens and thirty-six new 
species having been added this year. Among the larger contributions to 
the Herbarium are over eighty mosses from Florida, North Carolina and 
Massachusetts, donated by Miss Abby M. Small ; and a number of Florida 
mosses, donated by Mr. Severin Rapp. There have also been valuable con- 
