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report OF ELECTION 
For Officers of the Sullivant Moss Society for 1911. 
Whole number of votes cast 13 
For President, Dr. Alexander W. Evans 12 
For “ Mr. George B. Kaiser. i 
For Vice. President, Miss C. C. Haynes 13 
For Secretary, Mr. N. L.'T. Nelson 13 
For Treasurer, Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith 13 
Therefore Dr. Evans, Miss Haynes, Mr. Nelson and Mrs. Smith are- 
elected. Respectfully submitted, 
A, J. Grout, 
Judge of Election. 
PRESIDENT’S REPORT. 
The president for 1910 scarcely has an official report for he knows that his 
part in the success of the Society for the year has been very small He has 
tried to aid occasionally in determining difficult species of lichens and has 
attempted to help as much as he could by advice and encouragement; but 
the burden has fallen upon others to whom great credit is due. 
It is now thirteen years since the first number of The Bryologist 
appeared as a four-page journal, reprinted from volume six of The Fern 
Bulletin. The first volume aggregated only 28 pages. We now have an 
independent journal, each number of which contains nearly as many pages- 
and considerably more reading matter than did all of the first volume. For 
the continued growth of The Bryologist in size and quality, we are mainly 
indebted to Dr. A. J. Grout and Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith as sole or joint 
editors. To these persons more than any others we are also under obligatioDS 
for the increase in membership from 30 to more than 200. 
The rank and file of an organization is always to be credited with its aid 
in success and the Sullivant Moss Society is especially fortunate in the faith- 
fulness of its members. But far outweighing the sacrifices of others during 
the year 1910 stands the untiring interest and devotion of our present editor,, 
under whose wise and energetic management The Bryologist has constantly 
increased in size, quality and interest. Indeed, our Journal is considerably 
better than could be maintained by our subscriptions, and every member 
should try to aid in increasing the membership and support. 
The success of the work on Mosses and Hepatics seems assured. Still 
there is need of intensive study in almost every locality, for only in this way 
can our bryophyte flora ever be thoroughly known. The origin of the Lichen 
department was stated in the last number of our Journal, in the memoir of 
Carolyn W. Harris. There is the greatest need of careful field study of our 
lichens, and those of us who are especially interested in these plants are 
under great obligations to the Society for giving us space and encourage- 
ment. Students of lichens should ever hold in effectionate reimembrance the 
