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it may be to the sender’s thoughtlessness. And if, after this very blunt 
reminder, if seekers for help do not comply with so eminently fair a require- 
ment, I consider that my honorable successors will be fully justified, unless 
there are special reasons for leniency, to consign all mere scraps, simply 
numbered, and carelessly wrapped in a piece of dirty grocery paper, uncere- 
moniously to the waste basket. Only good material put up in a business- 
like way and sufficiently labelled should receive attention. 
It is with sincere regret that I record my inability to meet with the mem- 
bers of this very enjoyable Moss Chapter on December 31, 1904, in Phila- 
delphia. Both the distance and conflict with our State Teachers’ meeting 
forbid that I attend. How happy I would be to really shake hands once 
more with my numerous very friendly correspondents, such as Dr. Best, Dr. 
Grout, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Lowe, Miss Miller, and others. As it is, I have to 
be content with sending a mere friendly greeting to all present, through our 
Secretary, Miss Miller. To all I also send a Happy New Year! 
John M. HoLzinGER, Retiring President, 
Winona, Minn. 
OFFERINGS. 
(To Chapter Members only. For postage.) 
Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain, 1830 Jefferson Place, Washington, D. C. 
Aphanorhegma serratum Sulliv., c.fr. Collected in Maryland. 
Miss Alice L. Crockett, Camden, Maine. Rhacomitrium heterostichum 
gracilescens B. & S., st. Collected in Camden, Maine. 
Mrs. J. D. Lowe, Noroton, Fairfield Co., Conn. Hypnum fertile Sendt., 
c.fr. ; H. uncinatum Hedw.. c. fr. : Aulacomnium androgynum Schwaegr., 
c.fr. Collected in Maine. Thuidium delicatulum (L.) Mitt., c.fr.: 
Pogonatwn te 7 iue (Menz.) E. G. Britton, c.fr.; Bceo 77 iyces roseus Pers. 
Collected in Connecticut. 
Mr. H. Dupret, Seminary of Philosophy, Montreal, Canada. BrywTtroseimi 
Schreb., c.fr; Bartra 77 iia po 77 / iifor 77 vis Hed., c.fr. Collected near Mon- 
treal. U. S. Postage accepted. 
Miss Mary F. Miller, 1109 M Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Lepidozia 
sylvatica Evans. Collected by A. J. Grout in Flushing, L. I. Tim 77 tia 
77 iegapolita 7 ia Hedw., c.fr.; Didy 77 iodo 7 i rube llus (Hoffm.) B. & S., c.fr. 
Collected in Vermont. 
Miss Caroline C, Haynes, 16 East 36th street, New York City. Cephalozia 
curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort. ; JaTTiesoniella autu 77 i 7 ialis (DC.) Steph. 
Collected in the Adirondack Mts., N. Y. 
Mr. G. K. Merrill, 564 Main street, Rockland, Maine. Cetraria cucullata 
(Ball.) Ach. Collected on Mt. Washington, N. H. 
Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith, 78 Orange street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Peltigera 
veTiosa (L.) Hoffm., c.fr. Collected by Mr. A. J. Hill, British Columbia. 
A Correction. Mr. Rapp writes that the moss offered by him in Janu- 
ary, 1905, should have been given as Fuuaria hygro 77 tetrica var. patula. 
