While the author thus fairly exhausts the various relations of mosses to 
man and nature, it is worthy of note, as he confesses in the first lines of his 
Vorwort, that in his own case this study was primarily taken up, and 
reached its full proportions principally because of his conviction that a 
knowledge of mosses must be of great value to both the agriculturist and 
especially the forester. And it was his desire to facilitate their study by the 
practical foresters of Europe that led him in the first instance to essay the 
publication of his work, a motive that has given so distinctive a coloring to 
these two volumes. 
Worthy of mention here is also the Index of the Literature of European 
Mosses, covering pages ninety-three to one hundred of Volume I, a supple- 
ment to which appears on pages fifteen and sixteen of Volume II, bringing 
all references up to date, 1905. 
Th& writer of this notice has only one regret to record; it is due to the 
absense of dichotomous keys, now found in all such treatises, from this other- 
wise superior work. The insertion of such keys with at least the larger 
genera would make the books much more usable, but even without them, 
Mr. Roth’s descriptions are very valuable to the systematic bryologist 
because of the microscopic details recorded. Both descriptions and draw- 
ings are a lasting monument to the ability and diligence of the author. It is 
to be hoped that he will also publish his work on exotic mosses, of which he 
states he has already drawn over two thousand eight hundred and fifty 
species. Winona, Minn. 
SULLIVANT MOSS CHAPTER NOTES. 
The following names have been added to the list of Chapter Members 
since September 1st, making the total number one hundred and fifty-six: 
Mr. Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.; Prof. H. 
A. Green, Tryon, North Carolina ; Dr. H. E. Hasse, Soldiers’ Home, Los 
Angeles Co., Calif. 
Mr. G. K. Merrill, 564 Main street, Rockland, Me., will be glad to deter- 
mine any and all species of lichens sent him provided the specimens are 
ample and are accompanied by full data. 
NOTICE-ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1906. 
Please forward your ballots at once to the Judge of Elections, Miss Cora 
H. Clarke, 91 Mt. Vernon street, Boston, Mass. Polls close November 30th. 
For President — Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain, 1830 Jefferson Place, 
Washington, D. C. 
For Vice President — Mr. G. K. Merrill, 564 Main street, Rockland, 
Maine. 
For Secretary — Dr. John W. Bailey, Walker Building, Seattle, Wash. 
For Treasurer — Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith, 78 Orange street, Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 
