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President, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Britton. 
Vice-President, Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith. 
Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. B. Chamberlain. 
George B. Kaiser, Judge of Elections. 
Report of the President 
The continuance of the war has reduced our chances for communication 
with European Bryologists, though Dr. Brotherus of Helsingfors, Finland, H. 
N. Dixon of England, and M. Theriot of France, have sent us letters, specimen, 
and reprints. Dr. Felippone continues to make discoveries in the Argentines 
Dr. Rusby and Dr. Pennell have been collecting in Colombia and we have re- 
ceived a small collection from Venezuela, made by Dr. J. N. Rose. Dr. Carl 
Skottsburg of the University of Upsala has made large collections in the Islands 
of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island off the coast of Chile including many mosses 
and lichens. Dr. Evans, besides revising the genus Herberta in the Bulletin 
of the Torrey Botanical Club, has contributed part 7 of his notes on North 
American Hepatics to the Bryologist. Dr. Howe has also printed some notes 
on Riccia and Miss Lorenz has continued her contributions to New England 
records. Dr. Riddle is busy with the lichens and Mr. Williams is putting these 
collections of the New York Botanical Garden in order. Dr. Evans, Dr. Howe, 
Dr. Riddle, and myself have enumerated the species of our respective groups 
for the Flora of Bermuda now in press. 
A notable event at our last annual meeting was the history of the early 
years of the Bryologist and the Sullivant Moss Society given us by Mrs. Smith. 
Dr. Grout has described and figured a new fossil Camptothecium and distributed 
numbers 450-475 of the Musci Pleurocarpi. Prof. Holzinger has issued numbers 
35 I_ 375 of the Acrocarpi. Dr. Frye has published two illustrated keys of West- 
ern Mosses and Dr. Jennings has given an interesting extension of range for 
Pterygophyllum acuminatum. Dr. Andrews has written the seventh of his notes 
on Sphagnum and has been assisting Prof. John B. Porter of McGill University, 
in the determination of peat-mosses suitable for surgical dressings. At the New 
York Botanical Garden exchanges have been continued with several of our West 
Indian correspondents and collections have been received from Dr. Small and 
Mr. S. Rapp, from Florida and from Brother Victorin in Quebec. The various 
curators of the Society have continued their work and devotion to its collections 
and Prof. Chamberlain has given us some interesting reviews. The offerings by 
members have been of value and the Society is to be congratulated on its con- 
tinued welfare and prosperity. 
Elizabeth G. Britton, President. 
New York Botanical Garden. 
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 
The Secretary is pleased to announce to the members of the Sullivant Moss 
Society that, in spite of mounting prices and the many demands which are con- 
stantly coming upon all, the condition of the Society is such that we may look 
