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their details, the following resolutions, which were proposed by Mr. G. R. 

 Baker, and seconded by Mr. J. Rhodes, were adopted unanimously. 



I. — That pending the abeyance of the Botanical Society of London, this 

 Society establish a club for the interchange of dried specimens of British 

 Plants, especially of the higher orders, the management of which shall 

 be vested in two Curators and the Secretary. 



II. — That in order to further the carrying into effect of the previous 

 resolution, the Society agrees to admit Corresponding or Non-proprietary 

 Members at the ordinary rate of subscription, (viz., six shillings per 

 annum,) remitting in their favour the customary entrance fee. 



III. — That to such of its Corresponding or Proprietary Members as are 

 engaged in the formation of their herbaria of flowering plants or ferns, 

 the Society will undertake to furnish a selection of desiderata in return for 

 a supply of specimens of such species as it requires ; and that to such of 

 them as need assistance in naming their specimens, and to such as wish to 

 exchange mosses, it will be prepared to lend such help as lies in its power. 



Mr. J. G. Baker was appointed Curator for flowering plants and ferns, 

 and Mr. J. H. Davies for mosses. 



Mr. H. Ibbotson exhibited specimens of Leucolrium glaucum in fruit, 

 and Dicranodontium longirostre, collected by Spruce in the Pyrenees. 



The managers of the club have issued the following circular: — 



BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB. 



Information and Instruction to Contributors. 



I. — It is required that the specimens contributed shall have been dried 

 carefully, and that without exceeding the size of half a sheet of demy, 

 they furnish as complete illustrations of the species they represent as 

 circumstances will admit. 



II. — To each specimen sent for exchange must be fastened a written 

 or printed label, furnishing the following items of information, namely, lst. ? 

 the number and name of the plant, with the authority for the latter, as 

 given in the latest edition of the London Catalogue, or if a moss, in the 

 Bryologia Britannica; 2nd., the locality, county, and date; 3rd., the name 

 of the collector and contributor. 



III. — In furnishing lists of desiderata, it is requested that the London 

 Catalogue and Bryologia Britannica be followed as standards of nomenclature 

 and arrangement. 



IV. — It is proposed to send out the return packets as early in the 

 year as practicable, beginning with I808; and to distribute each spring a 

 report of the operations of the Club, and a list of its desiderata. 



John G. Baker, and John H. Davies, Curators; Richard D. Carter, 

 Secretary. 



