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On the evening of December 29th the Academy of Natural Sciences ten- 
dered a reception to the members of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science and to the visiiing botanists, and there was an 
informal gathering of the members of thejChapter and their friends at that 
time. The walls were hung with mounted specimens of mosses, hepatics 
and lichens from the Chapter Herbaria and private collections. A series of 
type specimens of hepaticse, with slides for the microscope, complete files of 
The Bryologist, artists proofs, books, pamphlets, photographs of botanists, 
“Lists” by members of the Chapter, and some beautiful photographs or 
“ portraits ” of lichens and licheni.sts by Mr. G. K. Merrill, added much to 
the interest of the Exhibit. By the courtesy of the officers of the Academy 
some of their rare collections of mosses and hepatics were also on exhibition. 
Of special interest were the Muhlenberg and Drummond exsiccatse. 
Though the attendance was not as large at the Saturday afternoon meet- 
ing as it doubtless would have been had it been possible to arrange for an 
earlier day, still it was most interesting and many who were absent 
expressed their regret at being unable to attend. The reports of work 
accomplished during 1904 showed an ever increasing interest in the Chapter. 
Since the yearly report was written it has been decided to admit foreigners 
to membership, and we now have representatives from Japan, France and 
England on our lists of members. Respectfully submitted, 
Mary F. Miller, 
Secretary. 
MY VALEDICTORY. 
The time is fast approaching and now is, when I shall no longer have 
the honor nor perform the tasks of the first officer of the Sullivant Moss 
Chapter. The retrospect to this honor is a real pleasure— quite as much as 
the revelry in the midst of presidential duties. By what seems to have been 
a special dispensation there have not been quite so many calls for help from 
young members during my second term of office as there were during my 
first term. Still there has been no chance to feel lonesome, and one or two 
lots of mosses are even yet not attended to: these will be disposed of before 
the end of the winter. I have enjoyed to be called upon for help and shall 
be slow to refuse assistance. Necessarily, in the midst of busy school duties 
this work on mosses frequently suffers protracted delay. And I thank all 
my correspondents for their uniform patience. 
In order to lighten the work of my successors may I not make some sug- 
gestions additional to those made a year ago? I then asked that correspond- 
ents refrain from sending mere bits or scraps. I consider that every one 
asking help should consider it his duty and privilege to send a fairly suffi- 
cient quantity of a species of moss to be determined, first, in a respectable 
properly folded pocket of proper size; second, to have each pocket labelled 
in a uniform way with the 'sender’s and collector’s name, with locality and 
with date. If the sender does not do this with each pocket then I must do 
it for him, and this I have always felt to be an uncalled for imposition, due 
